Determining relationships among yield and some yield components usingpath coefficient analysis in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

• Published in: Asian Journal of Plant Sciences (Pakistan) Vol. 3; no. 5
• Main Authors: Ciftci, V, Togay, N, Togay, Y, Dogan, Y.,University of Yuzuncuyil, Van(Turkey). Dept. of Field Crops
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: CICER ARIETINUM; GENOTYPES ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; VARIETIES
• ISSN: 1682-3974

This research was conducted to determine the relationship among yieldand some yield components using correlation and path coefficient analysis. Theexperiment was carried out in Yuzuncu Yil University Experimental Fieldbetween 2000 and 2002. In this study, 14 chickpea cultivars were used. Theexperiment was designed in Randomized Block Design with three replications.Positive and significant relationships were found among seed yield and plantheight, number of branches, number of pods per plant, biological yield,harvest index and number of seeds per plant. Negative and non- significantrelationship was determined between seed yield and 1000-seed weight.According to path coefficient analysis, there were strong direct effects of thebiological yield, harvest index and number of seeds per plant on the seedyield, p.c: 0.783 and p.c: 0.441, respectively.