Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Manjulapur Sampath Reddy, JP Singh and Dhirendra Singh

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted during Kharif season 2021 to determine correlation coefficient and path analysis among 69 genotypes for sixteen characters comprised of pod yield and its contributing characters. These genotypes were planted in Randomized Block Design with three replications during Kharif, 2021 at Vegetable Research Centre, GBPUA& T, Pantnagar. The result revealed that at genotypic and phenotypic level maximum significant and positive correlation was shown by green pod yield per plot, per plant, green pod weight, number of pods per plant and pods per plot, pod length, 100 seed weight and number of seeds per pod with green pod yield per hectare. The results of path coefficient analysis indicated that at phenotypic and genotypic level, the effect was significant and high positive on green pod yield per hectare of characters pod length, number of pods per plant, number of pods per plot, green pod weight, green pod yield per plant and per plot and significant negative effects shown by number of pods per cluster. Maximum direct effect was shown by green pod yield per plot. Hence, these characters may be simultaneously selected for developing better quality high yielding varieties of vegetable cowpea.