Studies on correlation and path coefficient analysis for quantitative characters in pumpkin (cucurbita moschata L.)

An experiment was conducted at Horticulture Research Centre, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology; Modipuram, Meerut (U.P.) during Zayad season-2020. Twenty-five genotypes of pumpkin were evaluated in randomized block design with three replications for ten quantitative characters. Genotypic correlation coefficients were found to be greater than phenotypic correlation coefficients for more of the characters. Fruit yield per plant was a highly significant positive correlation with the number of fruits per plant followed by the number of leaves per plant, length of vine, number of primary branches and days to first fruits..Theharvest implies that these all characters were the main contributing factors to fruit yield per plant. Path coefficient analysis exhibits a highly positive and direct effect on fruit yield per plant was observed for a number of primary branches followed by a number of fruits. per plant, days to first fruit set, number of leaves per plant, length of vine, days to first flower initiation and % of seed germination.