Author: S. CHIDAMBARAM and N. SUNDARESAN,
p-ISSN: 0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol: 77, Issue: sep-dec,
Correlation between seed yield and other characters in 15 parents and 36 hybrids of sunflower revealed that plant height, head diameter and 100 seed weight had highly significant and positive correlation with seed yield. Among them, the plant height and head diameter had significant and positive intercorrelation among themselves. A significant and positive intercorrelation was noticed between harvest index and oil content which indicated the importance of harvest index for improving the oil content on sunflower.
Keywords: Sunflower, Correlation
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