Table 13 Estimation of phenotypic and genotypic coefficients of variation, heritability and genetic advance for various traits in chilli.
Characters | Range | PCV | GCV | Heritability (%) | Genetic advance | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Summer | Winter | Summer | Winter | Summer | Winter | Summer | Winter | Summer | Winter | |
Days to 50 per cent flowering | 41.00–61.50 | 75.00–97.67 | 12.53 | 7.77 | 11.93 | 7.61 | 90.63 | 95.84 | 12.32 | 12.80 |
Days to ripe maturity | 90.00–116.50 | 128.67–143.33 | 7.49 | 2.99 | 7.23 | 2.89 | 93.05 | 92.92 | 15.05 | 7.78 |
Plant height (cm) | 63.92–102.71 | 57.31–97.20 | 14.73 | 16.70 | 14.70 | 16.54 | 99.58 | 98.02 | 24.60 | 25.53 |
Number of fruits plant−1 | 32.00–87.13 | 27.00–82.87 | 23.45 | 26.47 | 23.18 | 26.41 | 97.71 | 99.54 | 30.26 | 31.11 |
Average fruit weight (g) | 1.95–5.01 | 1.92–5.02 | 28.24 | 28.44 | 27.95 | 28.35 | 97.98 | 99.37 | 1.81 | 1.79 |
Fruit yield plant−1 (g) | 109.20–336.88 | 90.23–296.30 | 33.29 | 35.48 | 32.98 | 35.33 | 98.18 | 99.15 | 135.53 | 126.01 |
