A field experiment was conducted to study the association of characters among green pod yield and yield-related traits in chili (Capsicum annum L.) accessions in Ethiopia, during the off-season period from December 3, 2015 to June 15, 2016 under flood irrigation at the Adet Agricultural Research Centre. The experiment was conducted using randomized complete block design with three replications. The correlation and path coefficient analysis were studied in twenty- nine accessions in chili for 12 different quantitative characters. Correlation coefficients at genotypic and phenotypic level indicated that plant height, number of primary branch, number of secondary branch, number of flower per plant, number of fruit per plant, fruit diameter, fruit length, stalk length and fruit pericarp thickness were positively and significantly correlated with fruit yield per plot. The path coefficient analysis revealed that plant height, numbers of primary branch, number of secondary branch, number of flower per plant, fruit length, stalk length and fruit pericarp thickness exerted direct positive effect on fruit yield with positive and significant correlation at both the phenotypic and genotypic level. The direct effect of these characters on fruit yield indicates that, improvement of these traits will increase fruit yield. Whereas, negative direct effect was observed for days to 50 percent flowering, days to first harvest, number of flower per plant and stalk length, indicating that the contribution of these traits for fruit yield is minimum

Keywords: Chilli, correlation, green pod, path coefficient analysis