*Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Araziline, Varanasi-221305
**Department of Agronomy, I.Ag.Sc. BHU, Varanasi-221005
***Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand
Department of Horticulture, Udai Pratap Autonomous Collage, Varanasi
Online published on 12 September, 2014.
The study was conducted with 65 genotypes of cowpea to evaluate association between yield and yield-attributing characters for formulating further breeding program. Ten quantitative characters were evaluated through genotypic and phenotypic correlation coefficients. Path analysis was used to determine direct and indirect contribution of various traits leading to pod yield.
Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.), Genotypic correlation, Phenotypic correlation
