Abstract:Correlation genetic advance and selection index were investigated for 10 quantitativecharacters in rice. Results showed that number of seeds/spike, number of spikes/plant, plant height and spike length played an important role in the formation of grain yield/plant, on the basis of analysis of correlation and path coefficients. In various indice for selecting seed weight/plant, number of seeds/spike is an important trait for direct selection, and number of spikes/plant the key-trait for correlation selection. Selection for large spikewith emphasis on plant height can improve grain yield/plant to certain extent, and hencethe two should be used as limitting selection indicators. In practical rice breeding programs, multi-trait index selection for plant yield improves selection efficiency by 20.42%, compared to single-trait selection