Vol. 11, Issue 11 (2022)

Studies on genetic variability in F₁ population of tomato along with their parents and standard checks showed that high PCV, GCV was noticed for the traits like plant height, average fruit weight, fruit yield per plant, number of locules per fruit, pericarp thickness, ascorbic acid content and lycopene content, indicating scope for selection. Association of high heritability with high genetic advance as per cent of mean were recorded for plant height, number of primary branches, number of fruits per cluster, fruit length, average fruit weight, fruit yield per plant, number of locules per fruit, pericarp thickness, titrable acidity, ascorbic acid content and lycopene content. It is indicated that additive gene effects were more important for these traits. Therefore improvement in these traits would be more effectively done through selection.