Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
MB Akhare, AB Bagade, SB Pawar, DR Kahate and MD Patil

Abstract:
An experiment entitled “Character association studies for grain yield and its components in pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] germplasm” was carried out during Kharif 2022-23 at the research farm of National Agricultural Research Project, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with 32 genotypes and two replications to estimate the association between grain yield and yield contributing characters. In this experiment, genotypic correlation coefficients were higher than the phenotypic correlation coefficients. According to correlation results, grain yield per plant was significantly and positively correlated with plant height, panicle length, no. of productive tillers per plant, panicle girth, 1000 grain weight, green fodder yield per plant, harvest index, grain yield per plot and green fodder yield per plant at both genotypic and phenotypic levels. Days to 50% flowering recorded positive and significant correlation with days to maturity at both levels.