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An investigation was conducted to determine the extent of diversity and relationships among the Brassica juncea germplasm from Pakistan using morphological characters. A total of 52 accessions, including the collected germplasm as well as commercial cultivars/improved lines, were studied under field conditions at Tsukuba, Japan during 1995 and 1996. All the accessions were characterized for 35 agro-morphological characters from seedling emergence to crop maturity. Morphological data were analyzed by numerical taxonomic techniques using two complementary procedures: cluster and principal component analyses. Phenograms based on Euclidean distance placed the accessions into six groups during both years. Landrace groups were primarily associated with morphological differences among the accessions and secondarily with the breeding objectives and horticultural uses. The mustard germplasm collected from Pakistan showed a comparatively low level of phenotypic variation amongst themselves and were genetically similar to the oilseed cultivars. However, the oilseed forms and vegetable cultivars were genetically distinct. This study revealed that the evaluated germplasm appears to have a narrow genetic base which undergoes a high level of genetic erosion. This is perhaps due to the use of the same ancestors in the selection of new lines for similar horticultural traits, replacement by major crops and changes in agricultural land uses.
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Rabbani, M.A., Iwabuchi, A., Murakami, Y. et al. Phenotypic variation and the relationships among mustard (Brassica juncea L.) germplasm from Pakistan. Euphytica 101, 357–366 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018305201279
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