Vol. 7 (4) : July-August 2016 issue
Green Farming Vol. 7 (4) : 811-814 ; July-August, 2016
Correlation and path analysis for seed yield in clusterbean [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.] genotypes
SUKHDEEP SINGH SIVIA1*, G.S. DAHIYA2, BALDEEP SINGH3, A.K. DEHINWAL4 and BHAGWAT SINGH5
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar - 125 004 (Haryana)
Designation : 1,3,4,5Ph.D. Scholar *(sukhdeepsinghsivia@gmail.com), 2Sr. Scientist
Subject : Crop Genetics and Plant Breeding
Paper No. : P-4324
Total Pages : 4
Received : 12 October 2015
Revised accepted : 23 May 2016
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Citation :
SUKHDEEP SINGH SIVIA, G.S. DAHIYA, BALDEEP SINGH, A.K. DEHINWAL and BHAGWAT SINGH. 2016. Correlation and path analysis for seed yield in clusterbean [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.] genotypes. Green Farming Vol. 7 (4) : 811-814 ; July-August, 2016
ABSTRACT
The field experiment was carried out at Forage Section, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, C.C.S. Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during kharif, 2012. Thirty-three genotypes of clusterbean were evaluated for various quantitative characters. All the genotypes were grown in Randomized block design with three replications under rainfed conditions. This study helps in identifying the characters which mainly contributing to the seed yield. A critical perusal of correlation coefficients revealed that the seed yield per plant was found to be positively and significantly associated with number of pods per plant, number of clusters per plant and number of pods per cluster while days to maturity, days to flowering and plant height had negative association. Path coefficient analysis revealed that number of pods per plant had positive and high direct effect and it contributed indirectly via number of clusters per plant, number of pods per cluster. The results present study suggested that selection based on the pods per plant, clusters per plant and pods per cluster traits might bring improvement in seed yield of clusterbean.
Key words :
Clusterbean, Cyamopsis tetragonoloba, Correlation & path analysis, Direct effect, Seed yield.