Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding
Open Access
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  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 4

Correlation and path analysis in american cotton

  • Author:
  • J. Tulasi, M. Ahamed Lal, J.S.V. Samba Murthy, Y. Ashoka Rani
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 1005 to 1008

Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Agricultural College, Bapatla-522101

*E-mail: lalahamed@gmail.com

Online published on 24 January, 2013.

Abstract

Correlation and path coefficient analysis have been worked out for 9 quantitative characters in 40 genotypes of upland cotton at Agricultural College Farm, Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh. The correlation and path coefficient analysis together indicated that number of bolls plant−1, boll weight, ginning outturn, seed index and lint index should be considered as selection indices for seed cotton yield plant−1 improvement programme.

Keywords

Cotton, correlation, path analysis