Vol. 7, Issue 9, Part J (2025)

Pearl millet is a highly nutritious cereal rich in essential micronutrients like iron and zinc, making it an important crop to combat malnutrition and hidden hunger as well as it has climate-resilient property. Thus, a field experiment comprised of 120 genotypes of pearl millet was carried out using the randomized block design with two replications at Pearl Millet Research Station, Junagadh Agricultural University, Jamnagar during Summer, 2023. The results revealed that grain yield per plant showed significant and positive correlation with ear head diameter, ear head weight, test weight and harvest index at both genotypic and phenotypic levels. The phenotypic path analysis revealed that ear head weight and panicle index exhibited the most substantial direct effects on grain yield per plant across and also low residual values were also observed.