Morphological Characterization and Assessment of Genetic Variability, Character Association, and Divergence in Soybean Mutants

Table 9

Mean values of nine different phenological and morphological characters, yield attributes, and seed yield for five groups revealed by cluster analysis among 31 soybean genotypes.

Characters	I	II	III	IV	V
Days to flowering	65.5	62.23	61.88	76.00	74.00
Days to maturity	124.38	121.00	120.13	145.00	143.00
Plant height (cm)	71.88	65.15	56.63	85.00	82.00
Branches per plant (number)	4.44	3.26	2.94	4.80	4.40
Pods per plant (number)	54.38	47.54	41.00	55.00	55.00
Seeds per pod (number)	2.17	1.92	1.83	2.06	1.90
100-seed weight (g)	11.10	11.79	12.58	13.20	13.40
Seed yield per plant (g)	10.44	9.14	8.41	13.60	11.60
Seed yield (kg per ha)	3592	3121	2756	4459	4032