Department of Vegetable Crops, Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar
Forty-five genotypes of Muskmelon were sown for the study of path analysis for some important yield components. Path coefficient analysis revealed that number of fruits, weight of fruit and length of fruit were the direct components at genotypic and phenotypic levels. However, length of cavity, nodes to first hermaphrodite flower and length of vine were the developmental traits. Selection for such characters can be effective. Number of branches and girth of fruits have also contributed substantially as direct effect on yield at genotypic level. In general, the direct effects of the associated characters with yield were lower than the correlation coefficient except number of fruits and length of fruits at genotypic level.
