Evaluation of Genetic Diversity in Wild Celtis australis L. Genotypes using Multivariate Analysis
Evaluation of Genetic Diversity in Wild Celtis australis L. Genotypes using Multivariate Analysis
Arshad Khan1, Mohammad Ihsan1, Ali Hazrat1*, Mohammad Nisar1, Muhammad Laiq1, Maryam Bibi1, Nasir Ali2, Ulfat Naz1, Muhammad Zakria1, Nausheen Nazir3, Adam Khan4 and Muhammad Asif Nawaz5
ABSTRACT
Celtis australis L. is one of the most important annual plants globally. The current study was conducted to evaluate Celtis australis genotypes through morphological and biochemical characterizations. A total of 80 genotypes were collected from different regions of district Dir and Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan, and were characterized for 11 phenotypic traits (4 qualitative and 7 quantitative). A significant diversity was found for leaf length with the range of 4 to 15 cm, leaf width 1 to 7.0 cm, petiole length range from 0.5 to 4.5cm.The internodes length ranged from 0.5cm to 6. The seed length ranged from 4 to 11mm. The 100 seed weight ranged from 7.7 to 48g. Correlation analysis revealed that leaf width was strongly significant with leaf length (0.454**), 100 seed weight with leaf length (0.289**), seed width was also found strongly significant with seed length (0.246*), and 100 seed weight was found significant with seed length (0.236*). On the basis of Cluster analysis, all the genotypes were divided into two linkages and further divided into 7 sub clusters. Every group showed less difference to one another but high variation to other groups. Similarly, in total seed storage proteins, a total of 13 polypeptides bond were found with the total genetic diversity of (0.68%) found in band 1, while in band 2, the variation was 0.63%. A cluster dendogram was constructed for total seed storage proteins and divided 7 sub clusters, where CA1 and CA69 were found the most diverse genotypes. The main aim of this study was to explore morphological variation in order to generate data that could assist in determining the most appropriate tools that are adaptable to various environments.
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