Genetic variability, Skewness and Kurtosis based genetics for fruit yield and yield attributing characters in F3 generation of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) cross EC521069 × EC362941

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An experiment was carried out at College of Horticulture, Mudigere, to access the genetic variability in F3 population of tomato cross EC521069 × EC362941. The genotypic coefficient of variation and phenotypic coefficient of variation were higher in plant height, number of fruit clusters per plant, number of fruits per plant, fruit yield per plant and average fruit weight. High broad sense heritability and genetic advance over percent of mean was observed for number of primary branches per plant, number of fruit clusters per plant, number of fruits per plant, fruit yield per plant, fruit length and fruit diameter, pericarp thickness and number of locules per fruit, indicating these traits are controlled by additive gene action. The frequency distribution showed positive skewness with positive platykurtic distribution for fruit yield per plant, fruit length, fruit diameter and average fruit weight which were negative for Number of fruit cluster per plant, number of fruits per plant, pericarp thickness and number of locules per fruit.