Correlation and Path Coefficient studies in Turnip (Brassica rapa L.) for yield and its attributing traits

Abstract

A study was conducted in Horticulture Research Centre, Chauras Campus, H. N. B. Garhwal University, Srinagar (Garhwal), Uttarakhand, India, during winter season 2017-18 by using fifteen strains of turnip replicated three times in a Randomized Block Design. Root yield/plant was positively correlated with plant height 30, 60 and 75 days after sowing, number of leaves 30, 60 and 75 days after sowing, total plant weight, leaf length, root length and root diameter at phenotypic and genotypic levels. The maximum positive direct effects on root yield/plant were observed by number of leaves 75 days after sowing followed by plant height 75 days after sowing, plant height 60 days after sowing, while total plant height after harvesting, plant height 30 days after sowing, number of leaves 60 days after sowing and total plant weight had negative direct effect.