International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 6
First page : (289) Last page : (294)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5063
Expression of Economic Heterosis for Productive Traits in Brinjal Hybrids (Solanum melongena L.) Hybrids
Dhirendra Kumar*, R. K. Patel, Rupal Dhoot and Chandrabhan Ahirwar
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, N. M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat (India)
*Corresponding Author E-mail: dhirendra346@gmail.com
Received: 26.06.2017 | Revised: 30.07.2017 | Accepted: 5.08.2017
ABSTRACT
A diallel (8 x 8) analysis excluding reciprocal was made to assess the expression of heterosis using 28 eggplant hybrids along with their 8 parents and 2 checks in a RBD with 3 replications for fourteenproductive traits namely, days to 50 % flowering, plant height(cm), primary branches per plant, secondary branches per plant, plant spread(cm2), fruit length(cm), fruit girth(cm), fruit weight(g), fruits per plant, fruit yield per plant(g), Total soluble solids (°Bx), Total phenol (mg g-1), Fruit dry weight ( mg/100mg) and Total sugar (%). The analysis of variance for all the characters revealed that parents were found to be highly significant for all the character studied except primary branches per plant and fruit yield per plant, similarly hybrids were also found highly significant for all the characters. Parents vs. hybrids comparison was found highly significant for all the characters studied except plant spread. Hybrids PLR-1 x GBL-1, PLR-1 x Doli-5, KS-224 x Doli-5 and PLR-1 x GJB-2 recorded high per se performance, significant heterosis over local check Surati ravaiya for fruit yield per plant, which may be utilized for further breeding programme.
Key words: Brinjal, Heterosis, fruit yield, Total phenol (mg g-1), Total sugar (%).
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Cite this article: Kumar,D., Patel R. K., Dhoot R. and Ahirwar C., Expression of Economic Heterosis for Productive Traits in Brinjal Hybrids (Solanum melongena L.) Hybrids, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(6): 289-294 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5063
