Study on genetic divergence in various genotypes of watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf.].
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https://doi.org/10.53911/JAE.2022.13104Keywords:
Watermelon, genetic diversity, genetic variability, tocher’s methodAbstract
The results of the analysis of variance indicated that substantial genetic variability was present for yielding contributing characters. The intra-cluster distance was recorded as the highest for cluster 3 (49.75) which indicates the existence of maximum variability within this cluster. The inter-cluster distance was maximum between clusters 5 and 6 (94.81) which indicates that the genotypes included in these clusters are genetically diverse. So, it is desirable to select accessions from the clusters having high inter-cluster distance in the recombination breeding programs. The minimum inter-cluster distance was observed between cluster 1 and cluster 5 (50.92), indicating the close relationship among the genotypes included in these clusters. Based on yield and yield contributing characters, the genotypes viz., VRW-14, VRW-12, VRW- 20 and VRW-17 were found promising for the future improvement programme.
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Bisognin DA. 2002. Origin and Evolution of Cultivated Cucurbits. Ciencia Rural, 32 (5): 715-723.
Choudhary BR, Haldhar SM, Maheshwari SK, Bhargava R & Sharma SK. 2015. Phytochemicals and antioxidants in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) genotypes under hot arid region. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 85 (3): 414–417.
Goda M. 2007. Diversity of local genetic resources of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum and Nakai) in Sudan. M. Sc. thesis, Swedish Biodiversity Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.
Hakimi F & El-Madidi S. 2015. Variability of agro-morphological traits in some Moroccan watermelon landraces [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum and Nakai]. International Journal of Current Sciences, 17: 90-96.
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Haldhar SM, Choudhary BR, Bhargava R & Meena SR. 2015. Antixenotic and allelochemical resistance traits of watermelon against Bactrocera cucurbitae in a hot arid region of India. Florida Entomologist, 98 (3): 827-834.
Krishna PVSR, Pitchaimuthu M & Dutta OP. 2002. Adaptive responses and diversity pattern in watermelon. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 59 (3): 298-306.
Kumar J, Singh DK & Ram HH. 2006. Genetic diversity in indigenous germplasm of pumpkin. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 63 (1): 101-102.
Kwon YS, Oh YH, Yi SI, Kim HY, An JM, Yang SG & Shin JS. 2010. Informative SSR markers for commercial variety discrimination in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus). Genes & Genomics, 32(2), 115-122.
Levi A, Thomas CE, Keinath AP & Wehner TC. 2001a. Genetic diversity among watermelon (Citrullus lanatus and Citrullus colocynthis) accessions. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 48(6): 559-566.
Levi A, Thomas CE, Wehner TC & Zhang XP. 2001b. Low genetic diversity indicates the need to broaden the genetic base of cultivated watermelon. Horticulture Science, 36(6): 1096-1101.
Lima MNR, de Queiroz MA, da Silva Oliveira AE, da Silva Lima Neto I & de Oliveira RS. 2017. Integration of quantitative and qualitative descriptors for genetic diversity studies of watermelon accessions. Australian Journal of Crop Science, 11(8): 1005-1015.
Maggs-Kolling GL & Christiansen JL. 2003. Variability in Namibian landraces of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus). Euphytica, 132(3): 251-258.
Maggs-Kölling GL, Madsen S & Christiansen JL. 2000. A phonetic analysis of morphological variation in Citrullus lanatus in Namibia. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 47(4): 385-393.
Mahalanobis PC. 1936. On the generalized distance in statistics. Proceedings of the National Institute of Science of India, 2 (1): 49-55.
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Munisse P, Bode S, & Jensen BD. 2011. Diversity of landraces, agricultural practises and traditional uses of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) in Mozambique. African Journal of Plant Science, 5(2), 75-86.
Murty BR & Arunachalam V. 1966. The nature of divergence in relation to breeding system in some crop plant. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 26(A):188-198.
Nadarajan N & Gunasekaran M. 2012. Quantitative genetics and biometrical techniques in plant breeding. Kalyani publishers, New Delhi 182-193.
Panse VG. 1957. Genetics of quantitative characters in relation to Plant Breeding. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 17: 318-328.
Prasad VSR & Singh DP. 1997. Genetic divergence in parwel (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.). Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources, 10(1): 91-96.
Ramanujam S & Thirumalachar DK. 1967. Genetic variability of certain characters in red pepper (Capsicum annum). Mysore Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 1: 30-36.
Rao CR. 1952. Advanced statistical methods in biometric research. A Division of Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc New York; Collier-Macmillan Publishers; London.
Robinson RW & Decker-Walters DS. 1997. Cucurbits. CAB International, Wallingford, UK. 22610-1557.
Samadia DK & Haldhar SM. 2020. Mateera, watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) germplasm utilization for improving fruit quality and marketable harvest under hot arid climate of India: approaches and out-put. Journal of Agriculture and Ecology, 10: 01-21.
Singh D, Singh R, Saini JS & Singh PK. 2018. Morpho-biochemical characterization and D2 analysis of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) landraces from India and exotic germplasm. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 88(10): 1633-1639.
Singh RK & Chaudhary BD. 1977. Biometrical methods in quantitative genetic analysis. Biometrical Methods in Quantitative Genetic Analysis.
Souza FDF, Queiroz MAD & Dias RDCS. 2005. Genetic divergence in watermelon lines. Horticultura Brasileira, 23(2): 179-183.
Wehner TC. 2009. Watermelon. In: Prohens J, Nuez F, (eds.). Vegetables I. Asteraceae, Brassiceae, Chenopodiaceae and Cucurbitaceae. New Delhi, India: Springer, pp. 381-418.
Zeven AC & De Wet JM. 1982. Dictionary of cultivated plants and their regions of diversity: excluding most ornamentals, forest trees and lower plant
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Singh, U., Kumar, S., -, A., -, C., Yadav, K., Gola, S., & -, S. (2022). Study on genetic divergence in various genotypes of watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf.]. Journal of Agriculture and Ecology, 13(13), 43–52. https://doi.org/10.53911/JAE.2022.13104
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