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<title><b>Association and path analysis of yield contributing traits in Indian bean (<i>Lablab purpureus</i> L.)</b></title>
<authors>K. Hadavani Janaki, D. R Mehta, J . Raval Lata, M. H. Sapovadiya</authors>
<keywords>Correlation, path coefficients, direct effect, indirect effect, Indian bean </keywords>
<pages>180-187</pages>
<issue_number>4 (4) 2020 </issue_number>
<issue_period>October, 2020</issue_period>
<abstract>Fifty diverse genotypes of Indian bean were evaluated in a randomized block design with three replications with objective to study the association among the seed yield and its component traits in Indian bean. In general, the genotypic correlation coefficients were relatively higher than their corresponding phenotypic correlations for most of the pair of characters. Green pod yield per plant had significant and positive genotypic and phenotypic correlation with 10-green pod weight, pod width, number of picking and number of pods per plant. Path coefficient analysis revealed that number of pods per plant and 10-green pod weight exhibited high and positive direct effect on green pod yield per plant. So, the characters <i>viz</i>., number of pods per plant and 10-green pod weight which are most important for correlation studies are also important for path analysis. Hence, these may be considered as most important yield contributing characters and due emphasis should be given on these components while breeding for high green pod yield in Indian bean.</abstract>
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