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Table 3 Comparison of magnitude and direction of association among yield attributing character in different populations of okra
Sl no.
Characters
F
2
Populations
BIP
SC
DC
1
Fruit yield with
a) Plant height (cm)
0.912**
0.543**
0.663**
b) Number of fruits per plant
0.929**
0.819**
0.900**
c) Average fruit weight (g)
0.859**
0.719**
0.811**
d) 100 seed weight (g)
0.871*
0.899*
0.725*
2
Plant height with
a) Number of fruits per plant
0.756**
0.651*
0.555*
b) Average fruit weight (g)
0.656**
0.552
0.337
c) 100 seed weight (g)
0.567
0.452
0.391
3
Number of fruits per plant with
a) Average fruit weight (g)
0.652*
-0.493
-0.667
b) 100 seed weight (g)
0.743
0.306
0.412
4
Average fruit weight with
a) 100 seed weight (g)
0.689
0.456
0.617
In general in all the crop plants negative associations
do exists between the two important yield
components. For example boll number and boll
weight in cotton, pod number and pod length in
pulses, and grain number per spike and grain size in
cereals. Breeders tend to break these undesirable
negative associations between yield components.
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