Characterization of Mulberry Genetic Resources for Multiple Traits

Mulberry plants have wide range of variations in characters view its adaptability to cross pollination with no inter-specific reproduction barrier rendering it a heterozygous species. Every plant being different from the other natural population, this great diversity makes difficult gather information and carry out studies on effect edaphic factors expression genotypic for adjudging variations. In lieu known posterity, collection mulberry genotypes diverse genetic sources, their conservation, evaluation consequent documentation is prime importance. present study, 69 accessions were characterized morphology, anatomy, reproductive parameters. Evaluation propagation, growth yield also carried out. Based multiple trait analysis, 14 top performing viz., MI-0879, MI-0882, MI-0908, MI-0931, MI-0907, MI-0940, MI-0881, MI-0941, MI0892, MI-0913, MI-0937, MI-0934, MI-0865, MI-0886 identified. These could serve as resources further aimed at trait-specific crop improvement.