Correlation and path coefficient analysis studies in chrysanthemum

Correlation and path coefficient analysis were carried out among ten genotypes of chrysanthemum for it characters. Number of branches per plant showed positive and significant association with number of flowers per plant at genotypic (0.829) and phenotypic (0.734) level. Number of suckers per plant showed positive and significant correlation with number of flowers at genotypic (0.845) as well as phenotypic (0.778) level. Plant spread showed negative and significant correlation with disc diameter at the genotypic level (-0.648). Stalk length showed positive and significant correlation with traits of individual flower weight, length of ray floret and flower diameter at genotypic and phenotypic levels (0.904,0.798,0.792,0.721 and 0.778,0.682) respectively. Number of flowers per plant showed positive and non-significant association with number of ray florets, while flower weight and length of ray floret recorded negative and nonsignificant association at both levels (-0.493, -0.359 and -0.169 and -0.163). Number of ray florets showed positive and non-significant association with length of ray florets, while flower weight recorded negative and non-significant association at genotypic and phenotypic levels. Length of ray floret showed positive and significant association with flower weight at genotypic and phenotypic levels (0.845 and 0.716) respectively. Among the characters studied flower weight and length of ray florets were found to be directly influencing the stalk length.