GENETIC DIVERGENCE IN SOME FLOWERING CLONES OF SACCHARUM BARBERI AND S. SINENSE

Abstract

Nine clones ofS. barberi and four clones ofS. sinense were evaluated
to studygenetic divergence. The clones weregrouped into four clusters on the
basis of 13 quantitative characters subjected to multivariate D2 analysis.
Hybridization among clones from cluster IV and II, IV and Ill; and I and II
having the maximum inter-cluster distances may yield better recombinants
for various characters