Table 3 Genetic variability for fruit yield and its component in Brinjal genotypes.
Sl No. | Characters | Range | General mean | PCV | GCV | Heritability (h2) | GA | GA @ 5% mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Plant height (cm) at peak fruiting stage | 52.60-148.00 | 78.92 | 23.43 | 22.29 | 90.52 | 34.48 | 43.69 |
2 | Plant height at final harvest (cm) | 161.44-65.67 | 91.99 | 21.39 | 20.10 | 88.31 | 35.80 | 38.91 |
3 | Plant spread (cm) | 61.40-126.95 | 81.72 | 13.55 | 12.50 | 85.16 | 19.43 | 23.77 |
4 | Primary branches plant-1 | 2.40-5.70 | 4.34 | 17.16 | 13.83 | 64.90 | 0.99 | 22.95 |
5 | Leaf petiole length (cm) | 4.65-10.83 | 6.62 | 20.22 | 19.08 | 89.07 | 2.45 | 37.11 |
6 | Leaf blade length (cm) | 12.00-20.70 | 15.94 | 10.81 | 9.74 | 81.13 | 2.88 | 18.08 |
7 | Leaf blade width (cm) | 8.80-15.90 | 11.06 | 13.63 | 11.91 | 76.39 | 2.37 | 21.45 |
8 | Days to 1st flowering | 42.50-64.30 | 52.00 | 10.04 | 8.25 | 67.62 | 7.27 | 13.99 |
9 | Days to 50% flowering | 51.10-71.90 | 61.43 | 6.47 | 5.25 | 65.87 | 5.39 | 8.78 |
10 | Flowers cluster-1 | 2.27-6.16 | 3.82 | 24.84 | 22.87 | 84.80 | 1.65 | 43.39 |
11 | Fruit pedicel length (cm) | 3.41-9.12 | 5.21 | 19.75 | 19.32 | 95.76 | 2.03 | 38.96 |
12 | Fruit length (cm) | 7.41-21.10 | 12.82 | 21.48 | 21.28 | 98.17 | 5.56 | 43.44 |
13 | Fruit breadth (cm) | 9.67-31.40 | 17.28 | 28.50 | 27.73 | 94.62 | 9.60 | 55.57 |
14 | Average fruit weight (g) | 50.85-233.97 | 96.08 | 35.49 | 34.49 | 94.43 | 66.35 | 69.05 |
15 | Fruits plant-1 | 5.88-40.59 | 19.82 | 39.18 | 37.97 | 93.93 | 15.02 | 75.82 |
16 | 100 seed weight (g) | 0.28-0.56 | 0.39 | 16.66 | 16.37 | 96.50 | 0.13 | 33.13 |
17 | Wilt % at 90 DAT | 0.00-22.76 | 9.59 | 59.22 | 58.57 | 97.80 | 11.43 | 119.32 |
18 | Total fruit yield plant -1 | 865.80-3045.70 | 1641.06 | 27.47 | 25.83 | 88.41 | 821.12 | 50.03 |
