Peris, Nderitu Wangari and Gacheri, Kinyua Mirriam and Theophillus, Mutui Mwendwa and Lucas, Ngode (2013) Morphological Characterization of Mulberry (Morus spp.) Accessions Grown in Kenya. Sustainable Agriculture Research, 3 (1). pp. 10-17. ISSN 1927-050X
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Abstract
Genetic divergence of five mulberry accessions including Embu, Thika, Thailand (M. alba), Kanva-2 and S41 (M. indica) grown in Kenya were examined using twelve phenotypic traits. The assessment of phenotypic traits was done in a field study in two localities, Nairobi and Eldoret. The traits that were significantly different across the mulberry accessions included lamina width and petiole length (P ? 0.01), petiole width and growth height (P ? 0.05), internodes distance and number of branches (P ? 0.001). The Duncan’s Multiple Range Test (DMRT) results were used to generate a dendrogram derived from hierarchical cluster analysis that further partitioned the mulberry accessions into four groups. Embu and Thailand accessions grouped together while S41, Thika and Kanva-2 accessions grouped separately. Embu and Thailand accessions were characterized by fewer numbers of branches than the rest of the accessions. Thika accession had high number of branches and short internode distance. Significant and positive correlations were found between leaf yield traits except in internode distance and number of branches which were significant and negatively correlated. Significant and positive correlations can be utilized since they are rewarding for mulberry leaf yield improvement.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | Research Asian Plos > Agricultural and Food Science |
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Date Deposited: | 15 Jun 2023 12:30 |
Last Modified: | 17 Oct 2024 05:12 |
URI: | http://abstract.stmdigitallibrary.com/id/eprint/1132 |