Correlating fruit yield with important attributing traits in Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) moench.

Ramesh Kumar Sharma², Ravi Shankar Singh¹, Arun Kumar³

¹Departments of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Bihar Agricultural College (BAU), Sabour, Bhagalpur-813 210

²Department of Horticulture (Vegetables & Floriculture), Bihar Agricultural College (BAU), Sabour, Bhagalpur-813 210

³Directorate of Planning, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur- 813 210

Received: 15 September 2016                          Revised Accepted: 17 November 2016

ABSTRACT

In the present study it was observed that  total yield had significant positive phenotypic correlation with plant height, number of branches per plant, fruit length, number of fruits per plant and fruit weight whereas, fruit diameter exhibited negative correlation. It was further observed that the total yield expressed significant positive genotypic correlation with number of branches per plant, fruit length, plant height, fruit weight and number of fruits per plant. However, fruit diameter showed significant negative correlation with yield. The path analysis revealed that fruit weight had the maximum direct effect on yield while its indirect effects were positive via plant height, number of fruits per plant, number of branches per plant and fruit diameter. Finally it was observed that the characters like fruit weight, number of branches per plant, plant height and number of fruits per plant, had highly significant positive correlation with yield, further it was observed that it  had high direct effect on yield. These are important characters for effective genetic improvement programme of this crop.

Key Words: Abelmoschus esculentus, Bhindi, Correlation coefficient, Path coefficient analysis