Morphological characterization and diversity analysis of proso millet (panicum miliaceum l.) Germplasm in Bangladesh

M. F. Khatun, M. S. Islam, N. Jahan, Q. M. Ahmed, M. R. Islam and N. Pervin

International Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Research, 2023, vol. 9, issue 5

Abstract: Characterization and variability analysis of germplasm is a prerequisite for the improvement of high-yielding variety. Thus, a study was executed with ninety-seven proso millet accessions to characterize and assess their variability using multivariate analysis. The study showed a wide range of variations in the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of proso millet accession. Of the qualitative characters, growth habits, sheath pubescence, ligule pubescence, inflorescence shape, degree of lodging, and seed color showed distinct variation. The highest coefficient of variation was obtained in grain yield (43.2%) within the quantitative traits. The total variation of principal components was 18.8, 13.6, 11.6, 10.8, and 10.3% in the PC1, PC2, PC3, PC4, and PC5, respectively. The overall variability in the number of secondary inflorescence branches, plant height, grain yield, days to flowering 50%, and sheath length of flag leaf has been recorded as the most relevant contributing factors regarding the diversity of the accession in PC1. In addition, the clustering analysis of ninety-seven proso millet accessions was able to group them into five clusters based on ten quantitative characters, while the maximum number of accessions (27) were contained in cluster V. In conclusion, the existing variability of the proso millet accession can attract plant breeders to adopt certain recipient accessions for breeding programs.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/339060/files/ijaer_09__46.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:ijaeri:339060

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.339060

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Research from Malwa International Journals Publication
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().