Correlation and path coefficient analysis of yield components of upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) sympodial.

2 Abstract: Phenotypic correlation and path coefficient analysis have been worked out for some important characters in fifteen genotypes (six parents, nine crosses) of American upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Sympodial branches, bolls per plant, boll weight, G.O.T (%) and lint index were found to be positively correlated with yield per plant in all the genotypes at 1.0 percent level of probability. Further partitioning of correlation coefficients into direct and indirect path ways of influences showed that the characters having most influence on seed cotton yield were bolls per plant and boll weight, which should be taken care of while selecting for higher yields in further breeding programme.