ESTIMATES OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS AMONG YIELD, YIELD CONTRIBUTING AND QUALITY TRAITS IN AMERICAN COTTON (Gossypium hirsutum L.)
2019
K. SURYA NAIK | Y. SATISH | J. DAYAL PRASAD BABU and V. SRINIVASA RAO
Correlation and path coefficient analysis for yield and yield contributing characters in American cotton with 56 genotypes for 14 traits was studied during Kharif, 2017-18. The character association analysis revealed that plant height (cm), number of monopodia plant-1 , number of sympodia plant-1 , number of bolls plant-1 , boll weight (g), seed index (g), lint index (g), micronaire value (10-6 g/inch) and uniformity ratio were found to have significant positive association with seed cotton yield plant-1 at genotypic level. The path analysis indicated that the plant height (cm), number of monopodia plant-1 , number of bolls plant-1 , boll weight (g), seed index (g) and micronaire value (10-6 g/inch) showed direct positive effects and significant positive correlation with seed cotton yield plant-1 (g). It is revealed that priority should be given in selection process with more number of bolls plant-1 and more boll weight and there should be economic balance among these characters to get higher seed cotton yield plant-1 .
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