Genetic divergence in cucumber ( Cucumis sativus L.)

A study of genetic diversity in 18 genotypes of Cucumber for various characters revealed substantial differences for all the characters. The accessions were grouped into 8 clusters with Cluster-A and Cluster-B comprising of 5 genotypes each followed by Cluster F (3). The maximum intercluster distance (D= 11.24) was observed between F and H. Intercrossing among the genotypes belonging to Cluster-C, D, F, G and H was suggested to develop high yielding varieties with other desirable characters