An experiment was conducted with 12 edible cassava germplasm lines to study the correlation and direct and indirect effects of different characters on tuber yield. The experiment was conducted in a randomized block design. The overall analysis of three years reveal that tuber yield was positively and significantly correlated with plant height, tuber weight and tuber width. The path analysis indicated that tuber weight followed by plant height had maximum positive direct effect on tuber yield. Therefore emphasis should be given on tuber weight, plant height and also tuber width, while selecting a good genotype for enhancing the yield of cassava.
cassava, correlations, path analysis
