Different genotypes are to be classified into clusters based on genetic diversity for any plant improvement programme. Further the extent of genetic divergence between them needs to be estimated. D 2 statistics is one of the powerful tools to assess the relative contribution of different component traits to the total diversity, to quantify the degree of divergence and to choose genetically diverse parents for obtaining desirable recombinants. The present study was conducted at Horticultural College and
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