Correlation and Path Analysis Studies in Snake Gourd (Trichosanthes cucumerina L.)

The present study was undertaken to elicit information on the nature of variability of snake gourd genotypes during 2011 at Department of Horticulture, UAS, GKVK, Bangalore. Results indicated that genotypic correlations were higher than phenotypic correlations indicating highly heritable nature of the character like yield per plant showed positive and significant correlation with vine length, productive length of vine, number of fruits per plant, mean fruit weight and mean fruit length both at phenotypic and genotypic level. Both the genotypic and phenotypic path revealed that number of fruits per plant and fruit weight were the most influencing factors. Thus, these two characters deserve greater weightage during selection for yield.