Genetic Association among Yield and Drought Tolerance Related Physiological Traits in Clusterbean [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.)]

Author: Vishal L. Modi and S.C. Sharma*

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Abstract

Clusterbean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.) commonly known as guar is an important self pollinated crop. Clusterbean in current years has achieved status of an industrial crop due to its water soluble natural polymers galactomannan content which has several diversified uses in the industries like mining, petroleum drilling, textiles, paints, explosives, paper oil, pharmaceuticals, foods, cosmetics and photography. Average productivity of clusterbean is very low as the crop is confined to rainfed farming in arid and semi arid areas, having poor fertility soils and erratic rainfall leading to frequent droughts. However, clusterbean is an important drought tolerant crop but very meagre information is available on the physiology of this crop. Therefore, this experiment was conducted to elicit information on correlation and path analysis among 11 morphological and 6 drought tolerance related physiological traits in different plant types of clusterbean. Association studies revealed th

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Clusterbean, Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.), correlation, path analysis, drought tolerance

Conclusion

Clusterbean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.) commonly known as guar is an important self pollinated crop. Clusterbean in current years has achieved status of an industrial crop due to its water soluble natural polymers galactomannan content which has several diversified uses in the industries like mining, petroleum drilling, textiles, paints, explosives, paper oil, pharmaceuticals, foods, cosmetics and photography. Average productivity of clusterbean is very low as the crop is confined to rainfed farming in arid and semi arid areas, having poor fertility soils and erratic rainfall leading to frequent droughts. However, clusterbean is an important drought tolerant crop but very meagre information is available on the physiology of this crop. Therefore, this experiment was conducted to elicit information on correlation and path analysis among 11 morphological and 6 drought tolerance related physiological traits in different plant types of clusterbean. Association studies revealed th

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Modi, Vishal L. and Sharma, S.C. (2021). Genetic Association among Yield and Drought Tolerance Related Physiological Traits in Clusterbean [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.)]. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 13(1): 116-121.