01538naa a2200241 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000190006024500800007926000090015952007610016865000220092965300200095165300180097165300440098965300350103365300330106865300280110165300280112970000200115770000280117777300910120515803782010-10-19       2009    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aDIAS, F. T. C.  aGenetic divergence in cowpea genotypes with upright growth and early cycle.  c2009  aThe objective of this study was to group cowpea genotypes with upright growth and early maturity using multivariate techniques to estimate the relative contribution of the response variables to genetic divergence studied. Twenty-eight lines of the Genbank of the Universidade Federal do Ceará and Embrapa Meio Norte were used. For the analysis of genetic divergence the canonical variables, Mahalanobis’ distance and the Tocher cluster method were used. Most of the maximum distances were observed when combined with CE-46 genotypes. The crosses between the groups VIII and XI and groups VII and VIII may result in new gene combinations. The variables beginning of flowering and crop cycle contributed most to the genetic divergence among the genotypes.  aVigna Unguiculata  aDissimilaridade  aDissimilarity  aDivergência genética de feijão-caupi  aFeijão-caupi de ciclo precoce  aFeijão-caupi de porte ereto  aMultivariate techniques  aTécnicas multivariadas1 aSILVA, P. M. da1 aBERTINI, C. H. C. de M.  tCrop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, Londrinagv. 9, n. 3, p. 253-259, Sept. 2009.