during the year 2017-18 in the unreplicated design. The phenotypic correlation coefficients and path coefficient analysis were carried out for the F 2 segregating population of cross Arka Kamini × PG Violet in China aster for fifteen characters. The results revealed that flower yield per plant had high significant and positive correlation with the individual flower weight (0.599), flower diameter (0.562), disc diameter (0.491), number of flowers per plant (0.219) and number of branches per plant (0.197). Path analysis revealed that number of branches per plant (0.0285), plant spread North-South (0.1475), plant spread East-West (0.0064), days to first flowering (0.2439), duration of flowering (0.0312), flower diameter (0.2341) and disc diameter (0.6472), number of flowers per plant (0.4896), individual flower weight (0.3383), had maximum positive direct effect on flower yield per plant. K e y w o r d s China aster, Phenotypic correlation and Path co-efficient analysis
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