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Crop Improvement
Year : 2005, Volume : 32, Issue : 1
First page : ( 102) Last page : ( 107)
Print ISSN : 0256-0933. Online ISSN : 2231-4563.

Correlation and Path Analysis of Fruit Yield and its Component Traits in Muskmelon (Cucumis Melo L.)

Singh Gurkaran, Lal Tarsem

Department of Vegetable Crops, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004

Abstract

Twenty four genotypes of muskmelon from diverse sources were used for correlation and path analysis studies in terms of the twelve characters considered. The studies revealed that fruit weight, flesh thickness and vine length had a significant positive correlation with marketable yield. These characters also exhibited high, positive and direct effects on yield. The number of fruits per vine exerted a negative indirect effect through fruit weight. Days to first female flowering, however, had a negtive direct effect as well as negative significant correlation with marketable yield. Thus, based on the present study, fruit weight, flesh thickness and vine length could serve as important selection indices for marketable yield, whereas a sacrifice in yield would be required for selection of earliness.

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Index Words

Muskmelon, correlation, path analysis, selection indices.

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