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Study of genetic diversity in rapeseed and mustard germplasm by using cluster analysis

Muhammad Ahson Khan,1 Irum Raza,1 M Asif Masood,1 Saleem Abid,2 Saima Rani,2 Naheed Zahra,2 Haider Abbas2

1Bio resources Conservation Institute, National Agriculture Research Centre, Pakistan
2Social Sciences Research Institute, National Agriculture Research Centre, Pakistan
3Crop Sciences Institute, National Agriculture Research Centre, Pakistan

Correspondence: , Social Science Research Institute, NARC, Islamabad, Pakistan

Received: September 05, 2019 | Published: October 2, 2019

Citation: Raza I, Masood MA, Abid S, et al. Study of genetic diversity in rapeseed and mustard germplasm by using cluster analysis. J Appl Biotechnol Bioeng. 2019;6(5):236-239. DOI: 10.15406/jabb.2019.06.00199

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Abstract

The present study focuses on examining the genetic diversity in 104 accessions of rapeseed and mustard germplasm gathered from different regions of Pakistan. Correlation studies revealed positive correlation of yield component with morphological characters at 5% and 1% level of significance Cluster analysis divided the accessions into five major clusters I, II, III, IV and V. These diverse the germplasm are appropriate for planning of hybridization of programs.

Keywords: cluster, germplasm, accessions, diversity

Introduction

Rapeseed (Brassica rapa and Brassica napus) and mustard (Brassica juncea), including the canola varieties, are among the most important oilseed crops in Pakistan. During 2010-2011, rapeseed and mustard were grown over an area of 203100 hectares in Pakistan out of which 17200 hectares were under canola varieties. Production of rapeseed and mustard was 176400 tons with 18600 tons of canola.1 During the year 2011-12, the total availability of edible oil in Pakistan was 2.748 million tonnes. Local production of edible oil was 0.636 million tonnes while 2.148 million tonnes were imported.2 In order to increase the production of edible oil in Pakistan, efforts are required to increase the production of oilseed crops including rapeseed and mustard. Introduction of canola varieties resulted in significant improvement of quality and production of rapeseed and mustard. However, in addition to the oil quality and seed characters, the genetic improvement for other economically important characters is also important. Study of genetic diversity in rapeseed and mustard germplasm is important for the selection of suitable genotypes for breeding programs.3–6 The present study was conducted to study the genetic diversity in germplasm resources of rapeseed and mustard from Pakistan for agro-morphological characters and selection of suitable material to be utilized in crop improvement.

Material and methods

A total of 104 accessions of rapeseed and mustard germplasm, including the landraces and cultivars, collected from different regions of Pakistan were used in the study. The experiment as conducted at Plant Genetic Resources Institute, National Agricultural Research Center, Islamabad. Germplasm accessions along with check variety Khanpur Raya were sown in the field during winter 2012-2013 using augmented design. Data were recorded for agro-morphological characters including days to 50 percent flowering, days to 100 percent flowering and days to maturity; qualitative morphological characters including leaf margin, leaf color, branching, mature leaf dissection, flower color, corolla shape, pedicel length and angle, leaf shape and stem shape; quantitative morphological characters including plant height, number of branches per plant, silique per raceme, raceme length, stem diameter, leaves per plant, pedicel length, leaf length, leaf width, silique width, silique length, seeds per silique and 100 grain weight. Ten plants of each accession were selected for data recording of qualitative and quantitative morphological characters and average was calculated for data analysis. Data for flowering and maturity was recorded from overall population of each accession.

Qualitative morphological characters were assessed through frequency distribution while in case of quantitative agro-morphological characters, frequency distribution, descriptive statistics correlation analysis and cluster analysis of germplasm were performed for all the characters using the software MINITAB 16.

Results and discussion

Frequency distribution for nine qualitative morphological characters in germplasm accessions (Table 1) showed a variation for all the characters except leaf color.

Characters

Categories

Accessions

Branching

Basal

11

Normal

94

Stem shape

Irregular

35

Round

70

Leaf color

Green

105

Leaf margins

No serration

1

Crenate

22

Dentate

48

Doubly dentate

34

Leaf shape

Elliptic

74

Orbicular

1

Ovate

28

Pandurate

2

Mature leaf dissection

Lyrate

95

Parted

10

Pedicel length and angle

Typical pedicel length and angle

94

Short and very close to stem

11

Flower color

Light yellow

10

Yellow

94

White

1

Corolla shape

Thin elliptical

34

Elliptical

66

 

Round

5

Table 1 Frequency distribution for qualitative morphological characters in 104 germplasm accessions and check variety of rapeseed and mustard

Frequency distribution for three physiological and twelve quantitative agro-morphological characters shows variation for all the characters studied (Figure 1). Descriptive statistics indicate that the variation is significant for all the characters (Table 2). Selection of suitable accessions for each character was made as shown in Table 3. The superior lines can be studied in detail for the development of short duration high yielding cultivars.

Figure 1a Frequency distrubution for quantitative agro-morphological characters in 104 germplasm accessions and check variety of rapeseed and mustard.

Figure 1b Frequency distrubution for quantitative agro-morphological characters in 104 germplasm accessions and check variety of rapeseed and mustard.

 

Mean

Standard Error

Sample Variance

Minimum

Maximum

Days to 50 percent flowering

89.848

1.407

207.765

62

108

Days to 100 percent flowering

95.457

1.499

235.789

66

114

Days to maturity

153.695

0.836

73.31

139

174

Plant Height

57.392

1.193

149.329

29.8

78

Number of branches per plant

12.018

0.188

3.726

8.6

17.6

Number of silique per raceme

55.73

1.2

151.298

30.5

81

Raceme length

38.166

0.92

88.813

17

66.4

Stem diameter

14.883

0.3

9.447

8.618

22.47

Number of leaves per plant

16.812

0.257

6.94

10.2

23

Pedical length

1.332

0.041

0.18

0.32

2.44

Leaf length

37.162

0.852

76.133

17.4

48.6

Leaf width

14.432

0.238

5.955

8.1

17.86

Silique width

3.287

0.054

0.307

1.958

5.7532

Silique length

4.155

0.077

0.626

2.0336

5.984

Seeds per silique

13.472

0.35

12.865

7.36

25.68

100 Grain weight

0.338

0.007

0.005

0.2262

0.4736

Table 2 Descriptive statistics for quantitative agro-morphological characters in 104 germplasm accessions and check variety of rapeseed and mustard

Characters

Accessions

Day to 50 percent flowering

1389, 928, 1319, 1450, 1472

Day to 100 percent flowering

1389, 928, 1319, 1450, 1472

Days to maturity

1480, 1481, 1482, 1489, 1497

Plant Height

24931, 1493, 24921, 24928, 24924

Number of branches per plant

1321, 24943, 1387

Number of silique per raceme

24724, 24720, 24725, 24712, 24713

Raceme length

26827, 24944, 1494, 1495

Stem diameter

1648, 26827, 24943

Number of leaves per plant

1387, 24708, 24719

Pedicel Length

1495, 1493, 1472

Leaf length

24705, 24706, 24711, 24921, 24707

Leaf width

1474, 24921, 1477, 24956, 24718

Silique width

1480 1478 1459 1464 1489 1473 1468

Seeds per silique

1449, 931, 1496, 1454, 1455

100 Grain weight

24921, 1498, 24712, 24726

Table 3 Selection of superior lines for agro-morphological characters in 104 germplasm accessions of rapeseed and mustard

Correlation studies indicate the association of yield components with physiological and morphological characters (Table 4). Characters having positive correlation with yield components may help for the selection of promising lines (Figure 2).

 

Days to 50 percent flowering

Days to 100 percent flowering

Days to maturity

Raceme length

Stem diameter

Number of leaves per plant

Pedicel length

Leaf length

Leaf width

Silique width

Silique length

Seeds per silique

Days to 50 percent flowering

1

 **0.969

 *0.215

 **0.387

 **0.395

 '0.164

 '-0.036

 **0.255

 '0.187

**-0.351

 '-0.003

 '-0.163

Days to 100 percent flowering

 **0.969

1

 *0.241

 **0.367

 **0.367

 '0.167

 '-0.064

 **0.258

 *0.210

**-0.356

 '0.031

 '-0.167

Days to maturity

 *0.215

 *0.241

1

**-0.358

 '-0.003

 '0.031

**-0.566

**-0.402

**-0.352

 '-0.008

**-0.481

 '0.176

Raceme length

 **0.387

 **0.367

**-0.358

1

 **0.607

 **0.265

 **0.421

 **0.502

 **0.336

**-0.309

 **0.412

**-0.291

Stem diameter

 **0.395

 **0.367

 '-0.003

 **0.607

1

 **0.408

 '0.149

 **0.342

 *0.214

**-0.317

 '0.130

**-0.307

Number of leaves per plant

 '0.164

 '0.167

 '0.031

 **0.265

 **0.408

1

 '0.022

 **0.307

 *0.215

 '-0.085

 '0.012

 '-0.090

Pedicel length

 '-0.036

 '-0.064

**-0.566

 **0.421

 '0.149

 '0.022

1

 **0.603

 **0.472

 '-0.097

 **0.628

**-0.415

Leaf length

 **0.255

 **0.258

**-0.402

 **0.502

 **0.342

 **0.307

 **0.603

1

 **0.821

 *-0.197

 **0.576

**-0.469

Leaf width

 '0.187

 *0.210

**-0.352

 **0.336

 *0.214

 *0.215

 **0.472

 **0.821

1

 '-0.178

 **0.470

**-0.406

Silique width

**-0.351

**-0.356

 '-0.008

**-0.309

**-0.317

 '-0.085

 '-0.097

 *-0.197

 '-0.178

1

 '-0.043

** 0.406

Silique length

 '-0.003

 '0.031

**-0.481

 **0.412

 '0.130

 '0.012

 **0.628

 **0.576

 **0.470

 '-0.043

1

**-0.268

Seeds per silique

 '-0.163

 '-0.167

 '0.176

**-0.291

**-0.307

 '-0.090

**-0.415

**-0.469

**-0.406

**0.406

**-0.268

1

100 Grain weight

 '0.194

 '0.173

 '-0.155

 '0.124

 '0.029

 '0.036

 '0.144

 **0.300

 **0.297

 '0.110

 '0.123

 '-0.072

Table 4 Correlation analysis of agro-morphological characters in 104 germplasm accessions and check variety of rapeseed and mustard
(*), 5 percent level of significance; (**), 1 percent level of significance.

Figure 2 Cluster analysis using wards method in 104 germplasm accessions and check variety of rapeseed and mustard.

Cluster analysis of germplasm on the basis of all the characters studied divided the germplasm into five major clusters at linkage distance of 20. The diverse germplasm accessions are suitable for the planning of hybridization programs. The dendrogram classified 104 accessions into 5 clusters based on the similarity of morphological characters within the clusters. A number of authors have made use of the cluster analysis technique for the determination of genetic similarity. The construction of dendrograms makes it possible to further visualize and interpret the findings of other studies.7–10

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