Neeraj Kumar*, Ram Avtar, Nisha Kumari, Rakesh Punia, Dalip Kumar and Manjeet Singh
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, CCS Haryana
Agricultural University, Hisar 125004 (Haryana), India
Email: neerajkummar8@gmail.com
Received-05.06.2022, Revised-17.06.2022, Accepted-28.06.2022
Abstract: The present study was carried out with 50 Indian mustard hybrids to examine the association among yield component traits and their direct and indirect influence on seed yield per plant. The characters, viz. number of seeds per siliqua, number of secondary branches per plant, number of primary branches per plant, number of siliqua on main shoot, siliqua length, main shoot length and 1000-seed weight, showed significant correlation at both the genotypic and phenotypic levels. Number of secondary branches per plant had the greatest direct effect on seed yield per plant, followed by number of seeds per siliqua, 1000-seed weight, plant height, main shoot length and number of siliqua on main shoot.
Keywords: Correlation, Indian mustard, Hybrid, Siliqua
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