Estimation of Correlation and Path Coefficient Studies in Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)

The present investigation was conducted at Horticulture Research Centre, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut, U.P. during Kharif season, 2020. The experimentalmaterial comprised of twenty genotypes were planted in Randomized Block Design with threereplications. Fruit yield per hectare showed positive and highly significant correlation with fruit yieldper plant, number of fruits per plant, harvest duration, 1000seeds weight, number of seeds per fruit,number of fruits per cluster and number of clusters per plant at both genotypic and phenotypiccorrelation. Positive and non-significant correlation for plant height, average fruit weight, number oflocules per fruit and number of primary branches. Path coefficient analysis revealed that the highestpositive direct effect on yield per hectare was observed for fruit yield per plant, number of seeds per fruit,number of fruits per cluster, harvest duration and 1000 seed weight. Hence these traits may besimultaneously selected to develop high yielding varieties.