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  1. Izhar Hussain, Sher Aslam Khan, Abid Farid, Naushad Ali, Sardar Ali, Shah Masaud, et al.
    Sains Malaysiana, 2018;47:2637-2645.
    It is of great importance to know about the genetic diversity, conservation and classification for further utilization of
    tomato germplasm resources. Therefore, 40 tomato accessions were evaluated on the basic of agro-morphological traits
    for genetic diversity in 2014. The experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Farm, University of Haripur and
    farmer field in Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Principal component analysis showed that five out of 27 principal
    components with an eigenvalue above 1.0 were considered for 74.10% of the total variance. The major contributing traits
    in variations were days to flowering (DFL), days to fruiting (DFR), fruit size (FS), fruit weight plant-1 (FW), yield plot-1 (YPP),
    yield hectare-1 (YPH), leaf length (LL), predominant fruit shape (PDFS), fruit length (FL), fruit width (FWidth), clusters
    plant-1 (CPP), fruits plant-1
    (FPP) and plant height (PH). The scattered plot of the PC’s revealed that the accessions were
    scattered in all the quarters, which is also a representative that high level of genetic variability was present. FW and FL
    were positively correlated with YPH. However, the remaining yield components indirectly contributed YPH. Cluster analysis
    divided 40 accessions into four main clusters (I, II, III and IV), each of which having 12, 11, 07 and 10 accessions. The
    accessions in clusters I and II were statistically similar and performed better in terms of yield and yield related traits.
    Grouping into different clusters was associated with their agro-morphological differences. These results could be serving
    as a useful resource for further characterization, preservation and breeding programs.
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