| Summary: | Two crosses in F3 generation were studied for their variability, correlation and path analysis. The cross VRI 8 × K6
had better mean performance in all traits with very good pod and kernel yield per plant with mean of 36.59 g and
22.56 g, respectively compared to that of BSR 2 × K 6 with mean pod and kernel yield per plant of 24.95 g and 15.59
g, respectively. The cross also had high heritability of pod yield (79.45 %) and kernel yield (82.83 %) with low and
moderate GAM for pod (8.87 %) and kernel yield (10.19 %), respectively. Though the crosses were in early generations,
the PCV and GCV values were low to moderate for both crosses expect for the kernel yield (27.70 % & 26.71 %) in
BSR 2 × K 6 and pod yield in both the crosses (23.67 % & 21.24 % in BSR 2 × K 6 and 23.73 % & 21.16 % in VRI
8 × K 6, respectively) with higher PCV, GCV values. In correlation analysis, there was a highly significant positive
correlation between kernel yield and number of matured pods, number of pods, 100 pod weight, 100 kernel weight,
pod yield and shelling percentage in both the crosses. Highly significant correlation was observed between shelling
percentage and days to flowering in VRI 8 × K 6. Similarly, in BSR 2 × K 6, shelling percentage and 100 kernel weight
were highly significantly correlated. Path analysis revealed that, there was a high positive direct effect on kernel yield
by 100 kernel weight and pod yield in both the crosses. Shelling percentage in VRI 8 × K 6 had a negligible positive
direct effect on the yield. Thus, on the basis of correlation and path analysis, 100 kernel weight, number of matured
pods, shelling percentage, pod yield per plant were proved to be the outstanding characters influencing kernel yield in
groundnut and need to be given importance in selection to achieve higher kernel yield.
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