The experiment was executed in Agricultural Research Station, Hagari during rabi 2020. The study was conducted in augmented design to ascertain the correlation and path analysis in 200 sorghum mutant lines of M4 generation. The positive significant correlation with grain yield were shown by viz., number of leaves, stem girth, plant height, panicle length, panicle width, panicle weight, 100-seed weight and fodder yield at phenotypic level. Among these traits panicle weight (r=0.9830) showed highest positive association with grain yield compared to other traits. The characters viz., panicle weight, fodder yield, stem girth, days to maturity, panicle length, 100-seed weight, panicle width, SPAD 90 and number of leaves showed positive direct effects on grain yield per plant. These traits play a greater role in selection of desirable mutants and at same time, improvement of these characters will effectively increase the grain yield.

Correlation, Path analysis, Mutants, Sorghum.

After thorough study of correlation and path analysis, it concludes that traits viz., number of leaves, stem girth, panicle length, panicle width, panicle weight, 100-seed weight and fodder yield, more emphasis should be given for these traits while selecting the mutants for yield improvement.

V.C. Raghavendra, G. Girish, M.B. Ashok, B.V. Temburne, L.N. Yogeesh and M. R. Govindappa (2022). The Association Studies Between Yield and its Attributing Traits in M4 Generation of rabi sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 14(2): 508-511.