Fifty genotypes of lentil (
Lens culnaris
Medik) were evaluated under eight environments for seed yield and its
associated traits. All the genotypes were grouped into seven clusters. The composition of various clusters varied
from 2 to 12. Clustering pattern revealed the distribution of the genotypes belonging to the same origin in more
than one cluster indicating non-parallism between geographic and genetic diversity. Members of cluster II and VII
were highly diverse from each other as these clusters showed maximum inter-cluster distance. The entries of
cluster VII showed the highest mean values for number of primary branches
-1, biological yield plant
-1, seed yield
plant
-1 and 100-seed weight. The promising genotypes for seed yield, 100-seed weight, pods plant
-1, seeds pod
-1
and early maturity were identified from cluster II and VII on the basis of mean values which could be utilized for
hybridization programme for the development of high yielding genotypes.