International Journal of Farm Sciences
Open Access
  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue: 3and4

Path analysis for yield and its components in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa willd)

Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, Chhattisgarh, India

*Email for correspondence: yadavrk98@gmail.com

Online Published on 4 September, 2024.

Abstract

A study conducted with seventeen promising genotypes of quinoa indicated that biological yield per plant exhibited positive direct effect on seed yield per plant followed by harvest index, days to 50 per cent flowering and inflorescence diameter. Selection based on these characters would be effective for improving yield in quinoa.

Keywords

Quinoa, Characters, Genotypes, Path