Evaluation of Selection Criteria in Winter Chickpea Using Correlation Coefficient and Path Analysis

Volume: 26 Number: 1 January 31, 2016
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Evaluation of Selection Criteria in Winter Chickpea Using Correlation Coefficient and Path Analysis

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the relationships among seed yield and yield components, and their direct and indirect effects of contributing characters to seed yield in winter chickpea genotypes in 2011 and 2012 under Diyarbakır (GAP International Agricultural Research and Training Center) conditions. Five chickpea (Diyar 95, Arda, Yaşa 05, İnci and Aksu) cultivars were used in the study. The study was carried out in the Randomized Complete Block Design with four replications. The cultivars showed significant differences for all examined plant characteristics excluding number of primary branches and number of seeds pod-1 (p <0.01 and p <0.05). Highly significant and positive (p <0.01) correlations were found between grain yield with plant height, primary branches per plant, number of full pods per plant and seeds per plant,  while 100-seed weight was negatively and significantly (p <0.05) correlated with seed yield.  Path coefficient analysis results indicated that number of full pods per plant (1.048), plant height (0.352), seeds per plant (0.334) and seed per pod (0.332) were the major yield contributing characters due to their high direct and positive effects on grain yield. It was found that plant height and number of primary branches plant-1 had the highest indirect effect on grain yield via number of pod per plant.  As a result, it was determined that plant height, number of pods plant-1, number of seeds pod-1 and number of seeds plant-1 can be good selection criteria for high grain yield in winter kabuli type chickpea breeding studies.

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Medeni Yaşar This is me

Murat Koç This is me

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January 31, 2016

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January 31, 2015

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Year 2016 Volume: 26 Number: 1

APA
Erdemci, İ., Yaşar, M., & Koç, M. (2016). Evaluation of Selection Criteria in Winter Chickpea Using Correlation Coefficient and Path Analysis. Yuzuncu Yıl University Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 26(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.29133/yyutbd.236376
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