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CHARACTER ASSOCIATION AND PATH ANALYSIS IN VIRGINIA RUNNER GROUNDNUT (Arachis hypogaea L.)

Volume : 79
Issue: Sep-sep
Pages: 500 - 504
Published: August 16, 2023
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Abstract


Correlation and path co-efficient analysis were carried out for pod yield and some of its component characters in 50 Virginia runner genotypes of groundnut. The genotypic correlation co-efficients were observed to be relatively of higher magnitude than the corresponding phenotypic and environmental correlation co-efficient, indicating strong inherent association, between the character. Pod yield possessed significant positive association with harvest index, shelling percentage, number of mature pods per plant, 100-seed weight and number of primary branches per plant at both the genotypic and phenotypic levels. Path analysis also revealed the importance of these traits as they had affected pod yield directly. Therefore, selection based on these characters will lead to rapid improvement in pod yield.

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500 - 504
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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