| Summary: | White grained finger millet genotypes has become a thrust area in finger millet breeding due to increased demand of nonglutinous
food products and lesser acceptability of brown grained finger millet. Sixteen white grain finger millet lines were
developed by crossing extra early maturing brown grained finger millet genotypes including adapted varieties with late
maturing white grained finger millet genotypes. The quantitative data of 16 lines along with parents were subjected to
multivariate analysis. A wide range of variation was observed for all the studied traits. The parental lines of brown and
white grained finger millet genotypes exhibited extreme values for grain yield and days to maturity whereas, the developed
white grained genotypes showed moderate values. Projections of genotypes in PCA biplot showed close association of
newly developed white grain genotypes VL 427, VL 360, VR 485, VR 443, VL 366, VR 425B, VR 425A and VL 356 with
VL 201 (brown type) because of earliness and high yield potential. The cluster analysis further indicated that white grained
genotypes from second cluster are probable candidates for further testing and release, and further refinement in breeding
strategy by hybridizing white genotypes from second cluster with brown genotype in third cluster for incorporating
earliness and high yield.
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