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Research Article | Open Access | Peer Review

CHARACTER ASSOCIATION OF GRAIN YIELD WITH SOME YIELD COMPONENTS IN MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.)

Volume : 77
Issue: Sep-dec
Pages: 514 - 516
Published: September 22, 2023
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Abstract


Correlation coefficients and path analysis were computed for grain yield with some of the yield components namely ear length, ear girth, grain number per ear and 1000 kernal weight in 10 parents and their all possible 45 direct crosses. The correlation coefficient values were highly significant for the yield attributes studied on yield and they have indicated their strong correlation with yield and their inherent capacity to influence it. The path analysis revealed that, 1000 kernel weight had the maximum direct effect on yield, where as ear length and ear girth exhibited indirect effect via 1000 kernel weight on yield. Further, grain number per ear had influenced the grain yield mainly through ear length. Among the yield attributes studied, 1000 kernel weight seems to be the most important trait influencing the vield directly as well as indirectly

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514 - 516
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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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Maize Correlation Path analysis
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