Character Association, Direct and Indirect Effects Studies for Growth, Yield and Quality Traits in French Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

An experiment of Correlation and Path analysis studies in French Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) for twenty one characters were studied in 36 genotypes collected from IIHR, Hesaraghatta, conducted at department of vegetable science, College of Horticulture, Bagalkot duing rabi season. Correlation studies revealed total yield per plant was found to be positively and significantly (at p=0.01) associated with characters like plant height at, number of primary branches, plant spread, pod length, pod flesh thickness, number of seeds per pod, number of clusters per plant, number of pods per cluster, number of pods per plant, weight of ten pods, dry matter content of pods and number of root nodules per plant. Path analysis studies revealed that significant positive association at genotypic level was observed with number of clusters per plant, number of pods per cluster, weight of ten pods and pod length had exhibited true association with direct effect on yield per plant.