Correlation for Growth, Quality, Yield and Yield Components in Yardlong Bean (Vigna unguiculata (L.) walp. ssp. Sesquipedalis verdc.)

The present investigation was conducted on yardlong bean to identify the characters which mainly contribute to the pod yield. Twenty four genotypes of yardlong bean were evaluated during kharif, 2017 and observations recorded on growth, pod yield and quality parameters. Correlation studies revealed that pod yield per plant (g) had significant and positive association with traits like vine length (0.424 P, 0.521 G), number of primary branches per plant (0.862 P, 0.977 G), number of nodes per plant (0.390 P, 0.442 G), days to first flowering (0.182 P, 0.236 G), length of harvesting period (0.584 P, 0.915 G), pod length (0.743 P, 0.801 G), pod girth (0.887 P, 1.013 G), number of clusters per plant (0.902 P, 1.033 G), length of cluster stalk (0.722 P, 1.059 G), number of pods per cluster (0.843 P, 1.026 G), number of pods per plant (0.840 P, 1.094 G), seed number per pod (0.153 P, 0.250 G) and 100 seed weight (0.583 P, 0.658 G) at phenotypic and genotypic levels respectively.