Table 5.

Path co-efficient analysis showing direct (diagonal) and indirect effects of different quantitative traits on no. of fruits/plant in M1 and normal tomato population of 50 different genotypes.

Control					150 Gy
	PH	NFC	NF	Correlation with yield		PH	NFC	NF	Correlation with yield
PH	0.013	0.005	0.442	0.46	PH	−0.020	−0.008	0.764	0.74
NFC	0.006	0.009	0.984	0.87	NFC	−0.015	−0.012	1.025	0.71
NF	0.007	0.010	0.851	1.00	NF	−0.009	−0.018	0.732	1.00
Residual effect = 0.0003					Residual Effect = 0.0059
300 Gy				Correlation with yield	450 Gy				Correlation with yield
	PH	NFC	NF			PH	NFC	NF
PH	−0.005	0.001	−0.405	−0.41	PH	−0.443	0.655	−0.464	−0.25
NFC	0.002	−0.002	0.990	0.91	NFC	−0.097	2.066	−2.121	0.11
NF	0.003	−0.002	0.905	0.99	NF	−0.131	2.217	−1.976	−0.15
Residual Effect = 0.0182					Residual Effect = 0.324

PH = Plant height, NFC = No. of flower clusters, NF = No. of flowers.