CHARACTER ASSOCIATION AND PATH COEFFICIENT ANALYSES OF YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENT TRAITS IN GUAR (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub)

P.V. PADMAVATHI¹*, J. SUVARNA², M. VIJAYA SAI REDDY³, B. SAHADEVA REDDY^4
1Scientist (Breeding), Regional Agricultural Research Station, Anakapalle, 531001, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
²Scientist (Breeding), Regional Agricultural Research Station, Anakapalle, 531001, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
³Scientist (Breeding), Regional Agricultural Research Station, Anakapalle, 531001, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
⁴Scientist (Breeding), Regional Agricultural Research Station, Anakapalle, 531001, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : padmaphd05@gmail.com

Received : 03-01-2023     Accepted : 28-01-2023     Published : 30-01-2023
Volume : 15     Issue : 1       Pages : 12182 - 12183
Int J Agr Sci 15.1 (2023):12182-12183

Keywords : Guar, Correlation, Path analysis and Seed yield
Academic Editor : Dr Prashant Shrivastava, Dr H Chandrashekar
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Regional Agricultural Research Station, Anakapalle, 531001, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Ninety five genotypes of Guar were evaluated for 11 quantitative characters to study correlation and path coefficient analysis. The character association studies revealed that seed yield per plant had positive significant correlation with no.of pods per plant, no.of seeds per pod, no.of pods per cluster and pod length suggesting that these are the major yield contributing traits. Path co-efficient analysis revealed that no.of pods per plant exerted strong direct positive effect on seed yield per plant signifying the importance of this character while selecting for improvement of seed yield per plant

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