International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2018, Volume : 6, Issue : 2
First page : (156) Last page : (161)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5277

Character Association among Vegetative, Pre-yield and Yield Parameters in Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana L.)

Shalakha John and Prafull Kumar*
S. G. College of Agriculture and Research Station, Jagdalpur,
Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishvavidyala, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India (494 001)
*Corresponding Author E-mail: prafull397@gmail.com
Received: 22.07.2017  |  Revised: 29.08.2017   |  Accepted: 4.09.2017  

 ABSTRACT

The present experiment was carried out with the objective to study character association among various vegetative, pre-yield and yield parameters in the finger millet genotypes under rainfed conditions in Kharif 2016-17. Days to 50% flowering recorded significant positive correlation with days to maturity (0.9700***), fingers per ear (0.4290**) and finger length (0.2932*) and a positive non significant correlation with plant height (0.2772), fodder weight per plant (0.2342), tillers per plant (0.1536) and grain yield per plant (0.1439). Productive tillers per plant exhibited phenotypic positive correlation with grain yield per plant (0.2448), fingers per ear (0.1453), fodder weight per plant (0.0730) and test weight (0.0583) and recorded negative correlation with flag leaf area (-0.1096) and finger length (-0.0882). The character, fingers per ear exhibited significant phenotypic positive correlation with fodder weight per plant (0.3781**) grain yield per plant (0.2855*) and exhibited non significant positive association with finger length (0.1171).  Fingers per ear correlated negatively with test weight (-0.3608*) and flag leaf area (-0.2873*). Fodder yield per plant exhibited significant positive correlation with grain yield per plant (0.3191*), non significant positive correlation with test weight (0.0432) and showed negative correlation with flag leaf area (-0.0608). Flag leaf area recorded non significant positive association with test weight (0.1244) and showed negative association with grain yield per plant (-0.1751). The results of correlation analysis indicated that yield had positive correlation with fingers per ear productive tillers per plant, finger length, fodder yield per plant, test weight; days to 50% flowering and days to maturity. Hence, these characters could be considered as criteria for selection for higher yield as these were associated with grain yield.

Key words: Correlation, Flag leaf, Fodder yield, Finger millet.

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Cite this article: John, S. and Kumar, P., Character Association among Vegetative, Pre-yield and Yield Parameters in Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana L.), Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.6(2): 156-161 (2018). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5277