Path analysis in potential underutilized pseudo-cereal grain amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriachus L)

A study on 27 genotypes of grain amaranth indicated that petiole length showed highest positive direct effect on seed yield per plant followed by days to 50 per cent flowering, plant height, seed volume, number of primary branches per plant and stem thickness. Therefore, these characters could be selected for increasing seed yield in grain amaranth. Other characters showed negative but significant direct effects on seed yield per plant like days to maturity, leaf length, number of leaves per plant, number of panicles per plant and inflorescence length.