PATH-ANALYSIS OF PEARL-MILLET YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS UNDER MOISTURE STRESS

Grain yield of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) is influenced by seve ral yield components. Path coefficient analysis was conducted to study the relationship between grain yield and its components. Thirty hybri ds of pearl millet were grown under natural terminal moisture stress a t Jodhpur. Grain yield mainly depended upon threshing percentage, biol ogical yield and number of panicles m-2. Early maturing genotypes yiel ded higher. Longer duration of pre-flowering period affected inversely seed weight and threshing percentage. Seed weight showed negligible d irect effect on grain yield but influenced it through threshing percen tage. Similarly plant height influenced grain yield via biological yie ld.