The present investigation entitled, Phenotypic and Genotypic path coefficient analysis Studies in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Badnapur, Dist- Jalna (VNMKV, Parbhani) ( M.S.) during Rabi season of 2019-20. The exploration of genetically variable accession or genotypes is the key source of germplasm conservation and potential breeding material for the future use. The highly divergence group of cultivars provides an opportunity to breeders for developing superior and new varieties considering their quality traits for direct commercial utilization. Assessment of genetic diversity existing in and within germplasm groups for yield and its components to obtained superior recombinants which will helpful in understanding pattern of variation was performed utilizing the thirty six genotypes and four standard checks of chickpea replicated twice. To study the nature and magnitude of genetic divergence using Mahalanobis (1936) D2 statistics, phenotypic variances, coefficient of variation, heritability, genetic advance, correlation coefficient and path coefficient was estimated and cluster analysis was performed.

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