Vol. 6, Issue 5 (2018)
Genetic variability, characters association and path analysis for fruit yield components in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)
Author(s): Umesh BC, MG Patil, SS Patil, K Kavita, Priya B and BV Temburne
Abstract: During 2016-17 the field experiment was conducted in the new orchard of Main Agricultural Research Station, Raichur to study the Genetic variability in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.). Sixteen genotypes of brinjal were evaluated in Randomized Complete Block Design with two replications. Analysis of variance revealed that considerable variability among the genotypes for all the characters and the Genetic variability studies revealed that the higher PCV, GCV and heritability were noticed for fruit yield and its attributes. The number of leaves per plant exhibited highest positive significant association with fruit yield per plant at both genotypic and phenotypic level, followed by number of branches per plant and average fruit weight and the Path coefficient analysis results shows that the number of fruits per plant, number of leaves per plant, fruit girth, average fruit weight and leaf area exerted maximum direct effect on fruit yield per plant at both phenotypic and genotypic level and these are good contributors to fruit yield. Hence, the study indicated that the above traits could be utilized in future for the brinjal crop improvement programme.
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Umesh BC, MG Patil, SS Patil, K Kavita, Priya B, BV Temburne. Genetic variability, characters association and path analysis for fruit yield components in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.). Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(5):265-268.
