Vol. 7, Issue 3 (2019)
Assessment of inter-characters associations in the genotypes of finget millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn)
Author(s): Gohel DS, Gothaliya DR, Zapadiya VJ and Chaudhari SB
Abstract: The present investigation was conducted during Kharif, 2017-18 at the Instructional Farm, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University with 30 different genotypes of finger millet. Observations were recorded for growth, yield and seed quality parameters accordingly, phenotypic and genotypic correlation coefficients of all the characters were worked-out as per Al-Jibouri et al. (1958). Biological yield per plant, number of fingers per ear, number of leaves on main tiller and 1000 seed weight, grain yield per plant. The data was utilized for estimation of correlation coefficients. Grain yield per plant had significant and positive correlations both at genotypic and phenotypic levels with number of productive tillers per plant (rg=0.818, rp=0.744), grain weight per main ear (rg=0.814, rp=0.824), biological yield per plant (rg=0.821, rp=0.817), harvest index (rg=0.731, rp=0.468) and chlorophyll content (rg=0.344, rp=0.294). These traits could be considered for grain yield selection. Path coefficient analysis revealed that grain weight per main ear (0.487) had the highest direct positive effect towards the grain yield followed by number of productive tillers per plant (0.383), biological yield per plant (0.226), panicle length (0.196), harvest index (0.193), plant height (0.063), SLW (0.062). The characters identified above merit due consideration in formulating effective selection strategy in finger millet for developing high yielding varieties.
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Gohel DS, Gothaliya DR, Zapadiya VJ, Chaudhari SB. Assessment of inter-characters associations in the genotypes of finget millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn). Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(3):429-434.
