Exploration of genetic diversity in traditional landraces of rice for yield and its attributing traits under saline stress condition

Genetic divergence study of 144 rice landraces using Mahalanobis D2 statistics revealed the presence of considerable genetic diversity. The 144 diverse landraces were grouped into 13 clusters with the cluster VI consists of maximum of 17 landraces followed by cluster XII which has 16 landraces.