In order to assess genetic divergence among thirty genotypes of brinjal, Mahalanobis D2 statistics was applied. The analysis of variance revealed significant differences among the genotypes for all the traits. Based on divergence analysis thirty genotypes were grouped into 10 clusters. Cluster II was the largest having nine genotypes followed by cluster III (8) and cluster I (6). Clusters IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X are solitary with one genotype each. Among the ten clusters, cluster III with eight genotypes showed maximum intracluster distance followed by cluster II and cluster I. | Breeding potential of Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) genotypes using D2 analysis under Hill Zones of Karnataka, India
