Abstract
Eight diverse genotypes of chilli were evaluated an open field study to evaluate the genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance in randomized block design (RBD) with three replications during Kharif, 2015-16. Analysis of variance revealed significant differences among the genotypes for all the characters studied. The higher estimates of genotypic coefficient of variation (GCV) were observed for flowers per branch (21.59%), clusters per plant (19.26%), flower per branch (16.93%) and stem diameter (15.49%). While the higher estimates of phenotypic coefficient of variation (PCV) were found for flowers per branch (26.70%), fruits per branch (24.44%), clusters per plant (24.04%) and stem diameter (19.26%). The higher estimates of broad sense heritability along with genetic advance recorded for flowers per branch (65%), fruits per plant (64%), cluster per plant (64%), stem diameter (65%), plant weight (59%) and days to 50% flowering (50%) indicated the scope for improvement of these characters through selection.SAARC J. Agri., 14(2): 56-62 (2016)
Highlights
Chilli the important member of the family solanaceae is grown as a tropical and subtropical crop
The cultivars were raised in a field experiment in randomized block design (RBD) with three replications in the Vegetable Research Station (VRC), college of agriculture, GBPUA&T, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, during 2015-16
The mean differences due to genotypes were highly significant for all the characters except fruit breadth and stem diameter, indicating the presence of genetic diversity in the material (Table 1)
Summary
Chilli the important member of the family solanaceae is grown as a tropical and subtropical crop. Various observations were recorded on morphological characters viz., plant weight (g), branches per plant, fruits per plant, fruit weight (g), fruits length (cm), fruit breadth (cm), days to 50% following, flowers per branch, fruits per branch, clusters per plant and stem diameter (cm).
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