1Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati-517502, A.P.
2Department of Crop Physiology, RARS, Tirupati-517502, A.P.
3Department of Plant Pathology, RARS, Tirupati-517502, A.P.
Online published on 28 November, 2016.
Fifty eight mungbean genotypes were evaluated under both irrigated (E1) and moisture stress (E2) conditions to know the relative efficacy of yield components and drought related traits. Correlation analysis indicated that seed yield per plant was significantly and positively associated with harvest index, number of pods per plant and relative water content under both E1 and E2. Further, seed yield was significantly and positively associated with days to 50 per cent flowering, number of pods per cluster in E1 and plant height in E2. Owing to the highly significant positive association that existed between seed yield per plant with number of podsper plant, harvest index, relative water content under both E1 and E2, it can be suggested that simultaneous selection for these traits might bring an improvement in seed yield per plant coupled with water use efficiency.
Mungbean, drought, correlation, yield, yield attributes and drought related parameters
