Department of Pomology and Floriculture, College of Agriculture (K. A.U.), Vellayani, Thiruvananathapuram, Kerala, 695 522, e-mail: sheel_jayagopan@yahoo.com
The association between various characters and the direction and magnitude of different characters towards number of flowering shoots in 12 genotypes of heliconia were studied. Correlation revealed that number of flowering shoots per year had a strong positive correlation with vase life, number of flowers/bract and size both at genotypic and phenotypic levels.
Correlation, heliconia
