Path Coefficient Analysis and Relative Importance of Some Fodder Yield Components in Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.]


Abstract in English

This study was carried out at Kharabu Station, General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research (GCSAR), during the growing seasons 2011 and 2012, to estimate phenotypic correlation, and path coefficient of some morphological and green fodder yield components (days to flowering, plant height (cm), number of leaves per plant, number of tillers per plant, and green fodder yield (ton/ha)). Fifteen pearl millet crosses resulted from half diallel mating system between six inbred lines. The experiment was arranged in a randomized complete block design (RCBD), with three replications.

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