Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, 1, Gandhinagar, Naria, P.B. No. 5002, P.O. B.H.U., Varanasi 221 005 (Uttar Pradesh).
1Present address: IARI, Regional Station, Katrain 175 129 (Himachal Pradesh).
The study revealed significant variances for all the eight characters studied. High heritability along with high genetic advance were observed for fruit yield per plant while number of fruits per plant and fruit weight showed only high genetic advance. Genotypic correlations were found higher than the phenotypic correlations. Fruit weight and number of fruits per plant exhibited maximum direct effect on fruit yield.
Benincasa hispida, germplasm, variability, correlation, path analysis
