National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The present study was carried out to understand the extent of morphological and molecular variability between cultivated finger millet genotypes of Indian and African origin and weedy E. coracana and E. africana genotypes. A total of 28 genotypes representing cultivated varieties (E. coracana) from India and Africa, wild species (E. africana) and weedy types of E. coracana were grown in field and scored for 23 morphological traits. The African cultivated types were distinct from Indian types for many morphological traits. The E. africana and weedy E. indica genotypes formed a separate cluster based on qualitative traits as well as molecular markers. The clustering and multivariate analysis conducted with morphological as well as molecular data, could divide the cultivated genotypes separately from wild and weedy types. The weedy type EC516243 S1 having relatively bolder seeds and superior productivity related traits were identified as suitable breeding materials for hybridisation with cultivated types.
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