VARIATION AND CHARACfER ASSOCIATION IN CLUSTERBEAN

Abstract

Clusterbean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.) is mainly grown for
fodder either pure or in mixture with other non-leguminous forages to improve
the nutritional quality of fodder due to its higher protein content. An assessment
of the variability in the germplasm collected is required to judge its potential
as base material for genetic improvement. The direct selection for complex
character, such as green fodder yield is not effective. For making a suitable
selection indices for improving herbage quantity, a knowledge of association
of simply inherited characters is required.