Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, G.B. Pant University of Agliculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263 145, India
* Present address: Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, N.D. University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj - 224 229, FaizabcG (UP), India.
Online published on 29 October, 2012.
Correlation coefficients were estimated among 17 character pairs in 21 genotypes of lentil grown over two years. Seed yield was positively associated with number of secondary branches/plant, plant spread, number of fruiting nodes/plant and total biological yield/plant. In general, these component traits were also strongly associated between them. Since the genotypic and phenotypic corrdations follow same direction, visual selection for these traits could be useful for improving the seed yield in lentil.
