Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Sehrish Jan, Jahangeer A Baba, ZA Dar, Gowhar Ali, SA Mir, Sheikh Qurat and Tashi Angmo

Abstract:
The study was conducted at Experimental Farm, Division of Fruit Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir). Fifteen genotypes were collected to study the correlation and path coefficient analysis among different traits using a randomized complete block design with three replications during the year 2017-18. A brief overview of the data revealed that the fruit yield per plant showed significantly positive correlation with number of flowers per plant, number of berries per plant, per cent berry set, fruit length, fruit diameter, fruit weight, fruit volume and specific gravity at both the levels. While path coefficient analysis revealed that L: D ratio (3.0776) had maximum positive direct effect on yield per plant followed by fruit weight (2.4379), fruit length (2.4078), fruit diameter (1.778) and fruit volume (1.631). While, negative direct effect of per cent berry set (-0.711) and number of days from flowering to harvest (-0.518) was observed on yield per plant. From this, it is clear that there is a true relationship of these characters with yield and direct selection for this trait will be rewarding for the yield improvement in strawberry.