Correlation and path-coefficient analysis for yield and its contributing traits in capsicum, Capsicum annuum L

The present investigations were carried out to assess the nature and magnitude of association among yield and its contributing traits in capsicum. The correlation coefficients among different characters showed that yield per plant had positive and significant association with plant height, number of branches per plant, number of fruits per plant, fruit length, fruit breadth and average fruit weight while significant and negative correlations were observed with days to 50 per cent flowering and number of seeds per fruit both at phenotypic and genotypic levels. The data pertaining to phenotypic path revealed that number of fruits per plant had maximum positive direct effect on yield per plant followed by average fruit weight, fruit breadth and fruit length. The genotypic path depicted that average fruit weight had maximum positive direct effect on yield per plant followed by number of fruits and branches per plant. Hence direct selection for number of fruits and branches per plant, fruit length, breadth and weight is reliable for yield improvement in capsicum.