Haya: The Saudi Journal of Life Sciences (SJLS)
Volume-2 | Issue-03 | 103-107
Original Research Article
Selection of Soybean Genotypes (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) through Genetic Variability Analysis
Kamrun Nahar Mili, Bir Jahangir Shirazy, Md. Mostofa Mahbub
Published : June 30, 2017
Abstract
The physiomorphological divergence was assessed in twenty-seven soybean genotypes by using cluster mean
analysis, principal component and principal coordinate analysis and mean difference to identify parental genotypes for
future breeding program in order to develop new high yielding varieties in randomized complete block design with three
replications. Plant height, days to first flowering and days to 50% flowering have the highest percent of variations anomg
the traits. The genotypes under the experiment were grouped into five clusters. The highest inter cluster distance was
found between cluster I and IV followed by I and V. According to principal component scores F-85-11347 and ASSET-
93-19-13 have the prominent influence towards varietal improvement. Selecting genotypes from distant clusters probably
provide promising recombinants and better segregants for future breeding platform.