CORRELATION AND PATH COEFFICIENT ANALYSIS FOR YIELD AND YIELD ATTRIBUTING CHARACTERS IN BLACKGRAM (Vigna mungo L Hepper)

D. SATHVIK¹*, G.M. LAL^2
1Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India
²Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : sathvik819@gmail.com

Received : 04-07-2018     Accepted : 10-07-2018     Published : 15-07-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 13       Pages : 6559 - 6560
Int J Agr Sci 10.13 (2018):6559-6560

Keywords : Blackgram, Correlation, Path analysis
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The present investigation was carried out on correlation and path coefficient analysis for 13 characters of blackgram on 21 hybrids and 13 parents with 2 checks (T-9 and AZAD-1) and were evaluated during kharif, 2017 in Randomized Block Design. The correlation studies exhibited highly significant and positive association for all the quantitative characters except with that of days to 50% pod setting, number of clusters per plant, number of pods per plant and seed index. The characters namely, days to 50% flowering, number of clusters per plant, pod length and seed index showed indirect effect on seed yield through various characters.

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