STUDIES ON SOUTH ASIAN OKRA COLLECTION - METHODOLOGY FOR ESTABLISHINGA REPRESENTATIVE CORE SET USING CHARACTERIZATION DATA

Proposed is a technique for establishing a representative core set of the South Asian okra germplasm collection maintained at the National B ureau of Plant Genetic Resources. The validity of the technique was co nfirmed by applying it to a well characterised sample data set of 260 accessions of diverse geographical origin utilizing qualitative and qu antitative descriptors. A sample core set of 53 accessions was extract ed.