Author(s):

DB Lad, Mahalle SP and Bade BA

Abstract: The association of characters and path coefficient analysis were studied in the present investigation for identifying the characters depending upon which the selection would be effective in improvement of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn) genotypes. The experiment were conducted during kharif, 2018 at Botany Farm, College of Agriculture, Pune, (M.S.), comprised of 50 diverse genotypes of finger millet and studied thirteen quantitative and biochemical characters. The character grain yield per plant showed positive and significant correlation with fodder yield per plant followed by ear weight per plant, fertile tillers per plant, plant height, 1000-seed weight and harvest index showed highly positive correlation among themselves. Days to 50 per cent flowering showed positive and significant correlation with days to maturity and protein content. Fertile tillers per plant showed positive and significant correlation with 1000-seed weight, ear weight per plant, fodder per plant and harvest index. Considering the overall effect of all characters viz., days to 50 per cent flowering, days to maturity, fertile tillers per plant, plant height, length of finger, 1000-seed weight, ear weight per plant, fingers per ear, fodder yield per plant and harvest index contributed indirectly towards grain yield per plant. Characters like days to maturity and finger per ear exhibited low positive direct effect on grain yield per plant. Traits like length of finger, 1000-seed weight, harvest index and protein content exhibited high negative direct effect on grain yield per plant.

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