The objective of the study to assess the phenotypic variability of different passion fruit accessions from Lucban, Quezon was attained through the use of SW diversity index and UP GMA Clustering.
Wide variability was recorded in all the 12 quantitative traits evaluated as reflected by the high SW diversity indices of 0.76-0.88.
The results suggest the efficiency of the parameters as selection markers for crop improvement programs in yellow passion fruit.
The dendrogram generated from quantitative characterizations suggested three cluster groupings of the accessions evaluated.
Wide genetic variation of germplasm accession is in need for plant breeding purposes to ensure enough genetic pool.
High variability in desired traits provides advantage for successful improvement of the passion fruit.
using fruit charactersPassion Fruit Cooperative Association