WELCOME

“Genetic divergence analysis in sorghum [sorghum bicolor (l.)

moench] genotypes for forage and grain yield attributes under
Agro-climatic Zone IV-A of Rajasthan ”

Speaker
Dalip

Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding

Department of Genetics and Plant breeding, Sri
Karan Narendra College of Agriculture, S. K. N.
A. U. Jobner-303329, Rajasthan, India
 INTRODUCTION
 Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is the fifth most important
crop in the world. It is a member of Poaceae family with
chromosome number 2n=20. Its centre of origin is Ethiopia (Africa).

 IV-A zone is characterized by moderate rainfall and varied

temperature. Nearly 42% of this area is unfit for agriculture. But it is
one the major sorghum growing area in Rajasthan. Understanding the
prosperity of genetic diversity in sorghum will assist further
improvement of this crop for its genetic architecture for both fodder
and dual purpose.
 METHODOLOGY

No. of entries: 60
Design: Randomized Block Design
No of Replications: 3
Inter and intra row Spacing: 45cm × 15cm
Analysis of variance: The analysis of variance was done
as per the method suggested Panse and Sukhatme (1985).
Genetic divergence: Method suggested by Mahalanobis
D square (1936) and ward (1963).
EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
 Table 1: Mean square for different characters studied in sorghum
SN Characters Replication Genotype Error
 
[2] [59] [118]
 
1 Days to 50 per cent 6.51 53.24** 5.40
flowering
2 Days to maturity 5.27 201.44** 9.55
 
3 plant height (cm) 350.73 10349.07** 270.35
 
4 Stem girth (mm) 0.79 17.45** 1.28
 
5 Number of leaves per 1.19 8.64** 0.45
  plant
6 Leaf length (cm) 25.06 638.35** 59.85
 
7 Leaf breadth (cm) 0.81 11.20** 0.35
 
8 Total soluble solids (%) 3.54 57.31** 1.49
 
9 Green fodder yield per 98.41 6761.05** 558.99
  plant (g)
10 Grain yield per plant 4.37 853.52** 30.93
  (g)
11 Dry fodder per plant 27.62 2439.09** 146.89
  (g)

  12 Test weight in (g) 4.99 80.46** 1.70

  13 Harvest index (%) 1.66 193.51** 16.68

  14 Protein content (%) 0.07 10.10** 0.10

  ** significant at 1 % LOS

 
 Table 5: grouping of genotypes into different cluster
Cluster Number of genotypes Genotypes

I 12 SU 1572, SU 1577, SU 1581, SU 1590, SU

1593, SU 1603, SU 1610, SU 1615, SPV 1569,
SPV 1572, SPV 2398, COFS 29

Ⅱ 1 SU 1548

Ⅲ 10 SU 1573, SU 1579, SU 1599, SU 1600, SU

1604, SU 1611, SU 1625, SPV 96, SPV 2312,
SPV 2370

Ⅳ 4 SU 1477, SU 1529, SU 1631, SPV 2391

Ⅴ 17 SU 1426, SU 1519, SU 1528, SU 1570, SU

1574, SU 1576, SU 1578, SU 1582, SU 1584,
SU 1595, SU 1598, SU 1608, SU 1612, SPV
1465, SPV 1575, SPV 2165, PC 1080

Ⅵ 16 SU 1429, SU 1454, SU 1575, SU 1583, SU

1592, SU 1594, SU 1597, SU 1601, SU 1607,
SPV 245, SPV 2185, SPV 2293, SPV 2307,
SPV 2308, CSV 17, CSV 23
 Table 6: Inter and intra( diagonal) cluster distance

Cluster Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ Ⅴ Ⅵ

Ⅰ 45.10 276.93 72.42 103.91 87.10 101.49

Ⅱ 0.00 314.88 243.78 190.41 241.48

Ⅲ 37.52 174.70 132.77 87.71

Ⅳ 43.45 102.02 177.84

Ⅴ 40.91 90.22

Ⅵ 42.34
 CONCLUSION
Based on the data on inter-cluster distances, percent
contribution of traits towards genetic divergence, cluster
means and per se performance of the genotypes, crossing
between 11 genetically diverse genotypes viz., SU 1548, SU
1426, SU1604, SPV 96, CSV, 17, SPV 2370, SU 1528, SPV
2293, SU 1477, SU 1590 and SU 1570 from different diverse
clusters could exhibit better hybrid vigour in F1 and good
recombinants in segregating population with desired
characters.
Thank you