Correlation and Path Coefficient Analysis in Ribbed Gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.) for Yield and Yield Attributing Traits Kamaladevi S.1,*, Yassin G. Mohamed1, Manikandan M2 1Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute, Karaikal-609 603, U.T. of Puducherry 2Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641003 *email: kamalisatha@gmail.com
Online published on 2 January, 2017. Abstract Investigation was carried out with 30 genotypes of ridge gourd to assess the association of yield components with yield, their relationship and the direct and indirect effect of yield. The study indicated that the yield was found to be significantly and positively correlated with fruit weight followed by fruit length, number of female flowers per vine, fruit girth, sex ratio and number of seeds per fruit. Days to first female flower opening, days to last fruit harvest, days to 50 per cent flowering and days to first male flower opening were non-significantly negatively associated with yield. Path analysis had shown that traits like fruit length, vine length and fruit weight have exerted maximum positive direct effect on yield through other characters. Top Keywords correlation, direct effect, indirect effect, ridge gourd, yield. Top |