2023, Vol. 8, Special Issue 6

Correlation and path analysis were carried out in rice germplasm for eight characters. The experiment was conducted at instructional cum Research Farm, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.) during kharif 2017 to acces association analysis of the 55 germplasm accessions of rice along with popular standard checks Chattisgarh Zinc rice 1, Samleshwari Danteshwari, Indira Barani dhan and Indira Aerobic1. Association analysis studies indicated that 100 grain seed weight is positive and significant correlation with grain yield per plant (0.559). Number of effective tillers per plant (0.261) has significant and positive correlation with grain yield per plant. Plant height showed negative and significant correlation associated with grain yield per plant. Path coefficient analysis revealed that the selection for 100 grain seed weight and plant height would likely bring the improvement in grain yield per plant.