STUDY OF CORRELATION AND PATH ANALYSIS IN SESAME (SESAMUM INDICUM L.)

38 genotypes of sesame were evaluated for correlation and path analysis for the quantitative traits viz., days to 50% flowering, days to maturity, plant height, number of branches per plant, number of capsules per plant, capsule length, number of seeds per capsule, 1000 seed weight, oil content and seed yield per plant.Correlation analysis revealed that the genotypes, capsule length and number of seeds per capsule were positive significantly correlated with seed yield per plant.Days to 50 per cent flowering, days to maturity and oil content have negative significant correlation with seed yield per plant.Whereas, the traits viz., plant height, number of branches per plant, number of capsules per plant and 1000 seed weight showed positive significant correlation at phenotypic level and positive non-significant correlation at genotypic level.Path coefficient analysis revealed that there is positive direct effect with seed yield per plant through the characters, number of branches per plant and number of capsules per plant.And there is negative direct effect through the traits, days to 50% flowering, 1000 seed weight and oil content.