Pushpa Lata Tirkey, Jitendra Singh, P.C.Chaurasia and D.A. Sarnaik.
Department of Horticulture
Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur 492006 (C.G.) India
Abstract: Correlation coefficient analysis revealed that tuber yield-2 showed significant positive correlation with vine weight-2 and marketable tuber yield-2 at both genotypic and phenotypic level, suggesting that selection of these characters may be useful for the development of ideal plant type of sweet potato for the Chhattisgarh plains. Path coefficient analysis revealed that marketable tuber yield-2, biological yield-2, tuber diameter and dry matter per cent of tuber, neck length of tuber, tuber length and vine had positive direct effect on tuber, and therefore these traits could be utilized as selection criteria in sweet potato.
Keyword: Sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas, Correlation, Path coefficient
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