A. MANASA*, D. BHARATHI, M. SHANTHI PRIYA AND P. LAVANYA KUMARI

Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502.

ABSTRACT

A field study was undertaken at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Tirupati during rabi 2022-23 to know the association among yield and its component traits in sesame. Forty three sesame genotypes were evaluated for important quantitative traits such as days to 50 per cent flowering, plant height, number of primary branches per plant, number of capsules per plant, capsule length, number of seeds per capsule, 1000 seed weight and seed yield per plant. Character association analysis revealed strong positive association of seed yield per plant with days to 50% flowering, number of primary branches per plant and number of capsules per plant.

KEYWORDS: Sesamum, Seed yield, Character association.