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Estimation of Genetic Divergence and Character Association Studies in Local and Exotic Diversity Panels of Soybean (Glycine max L.) Genotypes

Syed Ali Zafar^1,*, Muhammad Aslam², Haroon Zaman Khan³, Sehrish Sarwar¹, Rao Saad Rehman⁴, Mariam Hassan¹, Ramala Masood Ahmad², Rafaqat A. Gill⁵, Basharat Ali⁶, Ibrahim Al-Ashkar⁷, Abdullah Ibrahim⁷, Md Atikur Rahman⁸, Ayman El Sabagh^9,*

1 Oilseeds Research Institute, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan
2 Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
3 Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
4 College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
5 Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, 430062, China
6 Department of Agricultural Engineering, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan
7 Department of Plant Production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
8 Grassland and Forage Division, National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Cheonan, Korea
9 Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kafrelsheikh, Kafr Elsheikh, Egypt

* Corresponding Authors: Syed Ali Zafar. Email: ; Ayman El Sabagh. Email: