ASSOCIATION AMONG GRAIN YIELD AND MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS OF CHICKPEA GENOTYPES

Correlation among yield components and their direct and indirect influences on grain yield of Chickpea were evaluated. Seed yield was significantly correlated with traits, viz., number of primary branches plant -1 , number of secondary branches plant -1 , plant height, 100 seed weight and number of pods plant -1 . Path coefficient analysis revealed that 100 seed weight, number of pods plant -1 and number of secondary branches plant -1 had the highest positive direct effects on grain yield. Improvement of the grain yield can be immensely efficient via 100 seed weight, number of pods plant -1 , number of primary branches plant -1 and number of secondary branches plant -1 based selection.