Selection of Superior Lentil (Lens esculenta M.) Genotypes by Assessing Character Association and Genetic Diversity

Table 2

Associations of different yield contributing characters and their direct effect on yield in ecological farming in lentil in two growing seasons (2010-11 and 2011-12).

Characters	Primary branches plant^−1	Pods plant^−1	Seeds pod^−1	100-grain weight	Yield plant^−1	Direct effect on yield
Plant height	0.47^*	0.17	−0.20	0.39	0.44^*	0.27
Primary branches plant^−1		0.01	−0.07	0.44^*	0.28	0.01
Pods plant^−1			−0.48^*	0.65^**	0.42	0.11
Seeds pod^−1				−0.49^*	−0.43	−0.19
100-grain weight					0.56^*	0.28

Significant at 0.05 and 0.01 probability, respectively.