Correlation Studies on Seed Yield and Seed Quality Parameters of Broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italic L.) Chandra Girish, Shukla P.S. G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, College of Forestry and Hill Agriculture, Hill Campus, Ranichauri, Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand) Online published on 23 May, 2013. Abstract Correlation is a powerful tool to study the character association and therefore it is very useful to facilitate selection for improvement of important characters without sacrificing the gain of other characters. The correlation study revealed that the seed yield of broccoli exhibit highly significance and positive correlation with days to maturity, plant height, number of secondary branches per plant, number of siliqua per plant, length of siliqua, and number of seeds per siliqua. Seed yield also showed significant positive correlation with number of primary branches per plant and diameter of siliqua. The highly significant and positive correlation of vigour index-É was obtained with 1000-seed weight, standard germination, seedling length and seedling moisture content while the vigour index-ÉÉ showed highly significant and negative correlation with seedling moisture content, 1000-seed weight and vigour index-É. Top Keywords Broccoli, siliqua, seedling, vigour, seed quality. Top |