Yield Estimation of Dolichos Bean (Lablab purpureus L.) Using Different Clustering Techniques

Dolichos bean (Lablab purpureus L.) is an important leguminous vegetable crop. Diversity of genes to a high extent in the gene pool provides better opportunities develop appropriate plant varieties. Hence, finding advantageous traits or their combinations key step. Genetic diversity for parents be chosen potential breeding programmes. In general, genetically divergent are used segregating generations produce optimal recombinants. Green seed yield crop influenced by number contributing characters such as, green pod yield, pods per plant, days 50 percent flowering, primary branches, raceme nodes raceme, length and 100 fresh weight. The association between basis further programme. Cluster analysis was classify germplasm accessions into different clusters based on morphological accessions. data (64) collected from Department Genetics Plant Breeding, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru, Karnataka. Euclidean distance metric measure difference germplasms. Elbow method indicated three optimum genotype clusters. Three clustering methods were viz., single, complete average linkage. Dunn Silhouette indices validate It found that Average linkage best among three. Further, third cluster with 12 genotypes have highest yield. Hence these can