Genetic Variability, Correlation, and Path Analysis of Thai Commercial Melon Varieties

Table 4

Genotypic path analysis among melon characteristics on fruit weight.

Variables	Direct (bold and diagonal values) and indirect effects
	SD	SL	LW	LL	LN	LC	DMF	DFF	FP	FH
SD	0.258	0.072	−0.021	0.034	−0.013	−0.018	−0.003	0.076	−0.111	−0.043	0.231
SL	−0.107	−0.174	0.016	−0.034	0.020	0.074	−0.001	−0.081	0.594	0.243	0.550
LW	−0.084	−0.042	0.066	−0.098	−0.023	−0.026	0.013	−0.011	0.063	0.011	−0.132
LL	−0.091	−0.062	0.066	−0.097	−0.024	−0.028	0.018	−0.028	0.211	0.049	0.013
LN	−0.079	−0.078	−0.035	0.054	0.044	0.068	−0.028	−0.063	0.166	0.144	0.193
LC	−0.042	−0.117	−0.015	0.025	0.027	0.110	−0.005	0.024	0.203	0.104	0.314
DMF	−0.017	0.005	0.020	−0.042	−0.030	−0.012	0.041	0.014	0.436	0.005	0.420
DFF	0.145	0.104	−0.005	0.020	−0.021	0.019	0.004	0.135	−0.661	−0.253	−0.511
FP	−0.032	−0.115	0.005	−0.023	0.008	0.025	0.020	−0.100	0.896	0.257	0.940
FH	−0.039	−0.147	0.002	−0.017	0.022	0.040	0.001	−0.119	0.799	0.288	0.831

Residual effect = −0.026. SD, stem diameter; SL, stem length; LL, leaf length; LW, leaf width; LC, leaf chlorophyll; LN, leaf number; DMF, day to 50% male flowering; DFF, day to 50% female flowering; FP, fruit perimeter; FH, fruit height.