Vol. 11, Issue 5 (2022)

Author(s):
AP Pawar, YR Parulekar, PC Haldavnekar and PC Mali

Abstract:
Thirteen chilli genotypes were evaluated for growth, yield and yield attributing characters under Konkan agro-climatic condition. The study revealed that the highest plant height (107.57 cm) was recorded in genotype T­_11, the maximum number of leaves (881.67) in genotype T₆. Genotype T₆ and T₁₃ reported minimum days (27.67) for initiation of flowering. Genotypes T₅ and T₈ showed cluster fruiting habit while rest of the genotypes showed solitary fruiting habit. Minimum days required for horticultural maturity from pollination were noticed in T₁₃ (16.67 days). Crop duration was maximum (156 days) in all the genotypes except T₈. The treatment T₁, T₂, T_5, T_7, T_8, T_9, T_10, T_11, T₁₂ and T₁₃ had elongate fruits while T₃, T₄ and T₆ had triangular fruit. Genotype T_6, T_7, T_10, T₁₁ and T₁₂ (60 days) recorded the lowest days to first harvest. Genotype T₁, T₂, T₄, T_5, T_7, T_9, T₁₀ and T₁₃ recorded the highest days to last harvest (114 days). The highest number of pickings (8) per plant was recorded in treatment T_1, T_2, T_4, T_5, T_7, T₉ and T₁₀. Overall yield was highest (23.43 t/ha) in genotype T_11. The maximum number of seeds per fruit was observed in the treatment T₁₁ (100.11).