Vol. 6, Special Issue 4 (2018)
Study the direct and indirect effect of various characters on fruit yield in tomato (Solanum lycopersicon L.)
Author(s): RK Gautam, Khiromani Nag, Savita Darpan and Mahendra Singh Arodiya
Abstract: A field experiment entitled “Study the direct and indirect effect of various characters on fruit yield in tomato (Solanum lycopersicon L.)†was conducted at the experimental field, AKS University, Satna during rabi season 2015-16. Fifteen genotypes of tomato were involved with this investigation and therefore, with a view to assess the genetic parameters and degree of mutual association in respect of direct and indirect effects of fruit yield characters viz., plant height (cm), number of primary branches per plant, days to first flowering, days to 50 % flowering, days to first fruit set, number of flowers per cluster, number of fruits per cluster, fruit length (cm), fruit diameter (cm), average fruit weight (g), number of fruits per plant and fruit yield per plant (kg). Significant variations were obtained among the genotypes for all the characters under investigation. The variety H-88-78-1 recorded the maximum plant height (cm) at 120 DAT, number of flowers per cluster and fruit length. Maximum number of primary branches per plant at 120 DAT and maximum number of fruits per plant were recorded in EC-528372. Maximum average fruit weight were obtained in Kashi Vishesh. Minimum days to first flowering was found in DARL-16. A minimum days to 50% flowering and days to first fruit set were observed in Azad T-5. Further it was also noticed that maximum fruit yield per plant was recorded in H-88-78-1. However, lowest yield per plant was recorded in VRT- 101 – A. Path coefficient analysis revealed appreciable amount of direct positive effect of fruit length on fruit yield per plant.
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RK Gautam, Khiromani Nag, Savita Darpan and Mahendra Singh Arodiya. Study the direct and indirect effect of various characters on fruit yield in tomato (Solanum lycopersicon L.). International Journal of Chemical Studies. 2018; 6(4): 114-118.
