Table 3.

Genetic diversity estimates for the regional gene pools and botanical varieties within M. pruriens association mapping panel

Regional gene pool	N	Na	Ne	I	h	Ho	He	%P
Eastern India	15	2.48	1.65	0.56	0.31	0.09	0.33	87.88
West-Central India	11	2.56	1.95	0.67	0.34	0.13	0.40	89.39
Southern India	35	3.15	1.75	0.64	0.34	0.13	0.35	96.97
Varietal gene pool	N	Na	Ne	I	h	Ho	He	%P
M. pruriens var. utilis	8	1.98	1.53	0.44	0.28	0.06	0.27	72.73
M. pruriens var. pruriens	28	3.11	1.92	0.72	0.36	0.12	0.41	98.48
M. pruriens var. hirsuta	25	3.00	1.72	0.62	0.34	0.14	0.35	96.97

N: No. of accessions; Na: Total no. of alleles; Ne: Effective no. of alleles; I: Shannon’s information index; h: Nei’s gene diversity; Ho: observed heterozygosity; He: Expected heterozygosity; %P: Percentage of polymorphic loci