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<title><b>Correlation studies for yield and yield attributing characters in the commercial wheat cultivars</b></title>
<authors>Jalal Rasool, Shah Nawaz Mari,  Muzamil Hussain Memon, Rizwan Ali Kumbhar, Ainullah Kakar, Abdul Hafeez Memon, Samreen Khanzada and Nazia Kamboh</authors>
<keywords>Correlation, genotype, wheat, yield  </keywords>
<pages>40-45</pages>
<issue_number>3 (4) 2019    </issue_number>
<issue_period>October, 2019</issue_period>
<abstract>The present research was carried out at the experimental field, Southern Wheat Research Station, Tandojam. The experiment was laid-out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications during rabi season, 2016-17. The study was carried to analysis correlation in ten wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) genotypes for eight different traits. The results revealed that genotypes differed significantly for plant height, tillers plant<sup>-1</sup>, spike length, spikelets spike<sup>-1</sup>, grains spike<sup>-1</sup>, grain weight spike<sup>-1</sup>, grain yield plant<sup>-1</sup> and seed index, demonstrating that evaluated materials retain enough variations for different quantitative traits. The variety TD-1 produced desirable short plants; maximum number of tillers plant<sup>-1</sup>, longer spike length, maximum number of spikelets spike<sup>-1</sup>, maximum number of grains spike<sup>-1</sup>, heavier spike weight, higher grain yield plant<sup>-1</sup> and more seed index hence may be given priority in future breeding programs. The traits such as tillers plant<sup>-1</sup>, spike length, spikelets spike<sup>-1</sup>, grains spike<sup>-1</sup> and grain weight spike<sup>-1</sup> showed positive and significant associations with grain yield plant<sup>-1</sup> hence these traits may be given priority in selection.</abstract>
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