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The present investigation was carried out at Agricultural Research Station, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Ladol during rabi 2019-20. The experimental material consisted of thirty-five genotypes which were evaluated in Randomized Block Design with four replications. The genotypes were evaluated for 11 characters. Correlation studies revealed that cured leaf yield per plant had positive and significant association with plant height, number of leaves per plant, leaf length, leaf width at both genotypic and phenotypic levels. Path coefficients analysis based on genotypic correlation revealed that number of leaves per plant showed highest positive direct effect followed by leaf width, days to flowering, plant height, reducing sugar content and leaf length. Path coefficients analysis based on genotypic correlation revealed that number of leaves per plant showed highest positive direct effect followed by leaf width, days to flowering, plant height, reducing sugar content and leaf length. Hence, these traits may be directly attributed for the improvement of cured leaf yield and important in the selection of better genotypes in rustica tobacco. Hence, these traits may be directly attributed for the improvement of cured leaf yield and important in the selection of better genotypes in rustica tobacco. To improve cured leaf yield, proper attention should therefore be paid to number of leaves per plant, leaf length, leaf width, days to flowering and plant height. Selection for these traits will therefore directly become helpful in increasing the cured leaf yield in rustica tobacco.

Keywords: Correlation, Path analysis Direct effect, indirect effect and Tobacco.