Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
SB Mitkari, MP Wankhade, SB Ghuge, KV Kadam and SS Deshmukh

Abstract:
The current study was conducted in the summer of 2022–2023 at the Experimental Farm of AICRP on Safflower, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani (Maharashtra), to examine the direct and indirect effects of yield contributing features in 30 genotypes of sesame. Three replications of a randomized block design were used to conduct the current experiment. The trait capsule length had the greatest significant and positive direct effect on seed yield per plant, according to this path analysis of 30 genotypes studied in sesame. At the genotypic level, this was followed by 1000 seed weight, the number of seeds per capsule, plant height, the number of capsules per plant, and the number of branches per plant. The trait 1000 seed weight had the most positive direct effect on seed yield per plant at the phenotypic level, according to the results of path analysis in 30 genotypes of sesame. This was followed by the number of seeds per capsule, plant height, capsule length, and number of capsules per plant.