VISHNUVARDHANAARIFH. D., MOHAN KUMARM., RAVIKUMARG., RAVIRAJA SHETTYV, SRINIVASAY. S., RAMESHAV. B., SANAT KUMAR2021-12-072021-12-072012-11UHS10PGM117https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810178742The experiment was undertaken to evaluate seventy one coriander genotypes in Randomized Complete Block Design with two replications to study the genetic variability, heritability, correlation and path analysis at College of Horticulture, Mudigere during the period between January-2012 to March-2012. Analysis of variance revealed highly significant (at P=0.01) difference among genotypes for thirty one parameters studied. Broad genetic base was evident as the value of genotypic and phenotypic coefficient of variance was high for plant height at 30 DAS, thousand seed weight, number of secondary branches at 60 DAS and harvest index. High heritability coupled with high genetic advance was observed for number of leaves and fresh weight of the plant at 30 DAS, dry weight of the plant at 30, 60 DAS at harvest, herbage yield, number of seeds per umbellet at 60 DAS and at harvest, seed yield per plant and seed yield per hectare indicated the predominant role of additive genetic component in governing of these traits. Correlation studies indicated highly significant and positive association of seed yield per plant with number of umbels per plant at 60 DAS, number of umbellets per umbel at 60 DAS and thousand seed weight both at genotypic and phenotypic level, whereas herbage yield and number of seeds per umbel at 60 DAS showed positive and significant correlation for both at genotypic and phenotypic level. Path coefficient analysis revealed that plant height at 60 DAS, number of leaves at 60 DAS, dry weight of the plant at 60 DAS, herbage yield, days to fifty per cent flowering, number of umbels per plant at 60 DAS, number of umbellets per umbel at 60 DAS, crop duration, harvest index, seed yield per hectare characters have direct positive effect on seed yield. Among 71 genotypes evaluated, the genotypes DCC 37, DCC 49 and DCC 51 were found promising in terms of both herbage and seed yield under hill zone of Karnataka.EnglishThesis