STUDIES ON HERITABILITY AND CORRELATIONS IN CROSS DERIVATIES OF CHILLI (Capsicum annuum L.) IN THE Fl AND F2 GENERATIONS

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1990
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ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY RAJENDRANAGAR, HYDERABAD.
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A study of four F2 progenies involving LCA 206/LCA 960, LCA 206/LCA 1079, X-235/G4 and G4/LCA 206 along with corresponding five parents was used for the estimates of neritability, character association, intergeneration correlation between parents-F1 and F1-F2 , path coefficient analysis and analysis of variance for the characters plant height, number of branches per plant, days to 50 per cent flowering, time taken to fruit maturity, fruit length, fruit girth, number of fruits per plant, fresh fruit weight, 1undred dry frllit weight, number of seeds per fruit, hundred seed weight, a~corbic acid content in green chilli and yield per plant. High estin1ates of heritability and genetic advance were recorded in F 2 generation for the characters number of fruits per plant, asr.orbic acid content in green chilli and yield per plant in the cross X-235/G4 , whereas high heritability and moderate genetic advance for the char2cters plant height and number of seeds per fruit and high genetic advance for yield per pla11·: in the F2 population of the cross LCA 206/LCA 1079. Moderate heritability and mG~erate genetic adva11ce for number o f seeds per fruit and ascorbic acid content in the F2 genera·: ion of the cross LCA 206/LCA 960 were observeq, while highest heritability with low genetic advance for the characters fruit girth and hundred seed weight~recorded in the cross G4/LCA 206. ttighlfsignificant correlation between parent-F1 . generation f ~r the characters, number of fruits per plant, number of seeds per fruit, ascorbic acid content in green chilli and number of branches per plant in the crosses and non-significant. correlations were observed of the same characters in the F 1 -F2 generation. This difference might be 15ue advancing of different generations in different seasons and generation x environmental interaction might play a role in masking of the genetic parameters. The association of yield per plant with number of branches per plant, number of fruits per plant and ascorbic acid content in green chilli was found to be positively ~ignificant,while negative association was observed with days to 50 per ·cent flowering, time taken to fruit maturity and f ru·i t length i· n d i· cati·n g,h.reoca r 1 y f 1 oweri· ng an d fruit maturity increased the ~· :~ eld per plant. The path coefficient analysis for characters like number of branches pa~ plant, fruit girth and number of fruits per plant were found to be high and they - .. directly u,;tllence.~ the yield. Selection of these characters will improve the rield in chilli. From the ~tudy it can be inf erred that the F2 progenies of cross X-235/G4 , LCA 206/LCA 1079 and LCA 206/LCA 960 are found to be superior in the d~cending order of priority with regards to their performance for the advancement in later generations.
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STUDIES, HERITABILITY, CORRELATIONS, CROSS, DERIVATIVES OF CHILLI (Capsicum annuum L.) IN THE Fl AND F2 GENERATIONS
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