1Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai-625 104, Tamil Nadu, India.
2Department of Oilseeds, Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003, Tamil Nadu, India.
*email: sivarajukani@yahoo.in
Online published on 22 September, 2017.
This study was carried out to determine the correlation between seed yield and yield component traits in sunflower along with oil yield. Oil yield exhibited significant positive correlation with plant height, head diameter, 100- seed weight, oil content, oleic acid content and seed yield per plant. Seed yield showed positive and significant correlation with plant height, head diameter, 100- seed weight, oil content and oleic acid content. This shows that selection based on plant height, head diameter, 100-seed weight, oil content and oleic acid content will be more effective in improvement of both oil yield and seed yield.
Sunflower, correlation, seed yield per plant, oil yield
