Vol. 7, Issue 3 (2019)
Character association and path analysis studies in bathua (Chenopodium album L.)
Author(s): Basavaraj, CN Hanchinamani, Imamsaheb SJ, Chethan Kumar S, Dhanraj P and Chandrakant Kamble
Abstract: Correlation and path coefficient were studied in 24 bathua (Chenopodium album L.) genotypes for 21 characters to find out the inter relationship among the characters studied. Foliage yield/plant was found highly significant and positively correlated with plant height, number of leaves/plant, number of branches/plant, leaf area, stem girth, fresh and dry weight of plant, foliage yield/plot, foliage yield/hectare which indicated that yield could be increased by improving a traits. The path coefficient analysis splits total correlation coefficient of different characters in to direct effect and indirect effect in equal to phenotypic correlation. The data revealed that foliage yield per plot (0.133) showed the highest positive direct effect on foliage yield/plant followed by nitrates content (-0.335) showed negative direct effects. The characters showed high direct effect on yield/plant indicated that direct selection for these traits might be effective and there is a possibility of improving yield/plant through selection based on these characters.
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Basavaraj, CN Hanchinamani, Imamsaheb SJ, Chethan Kumar S, Dhanraj P, Chandrakant Kamble. Character association and path analysis studies in bathua (Chenopodium album L.). Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(3):4757-4761.