Vol. 12, Issue 4 (2023)

Author(s):
Rushiraj D Rathva, NA Patel, Pinakkumar Patel, Baraskar Swapnil and Rutvik J Joshi

Abstract:
The present investigation was designed in order to estimate heterosis for fruit yield and its component traits in chilli. The experimental material comprised of 7 lines and 6 testers and their 42 hybrids developed using line x tester mating design which were evaluated in randomized block design with three replications. The experiment was conducted at Main Vegetable Research Station, Anand Agricultural University, Anand during kharif-rabi 2020-21. The standard heterosis for all the characters showed that none of the hybrids displayed consistent standard heterosis for all the characters under study. For green fruit yield per plant, the range of heterosis varied from -46.77% to 49.09%. Three crosses viz., ACCMS I × GAVC 112, ACGMS 3 × ACS 18-08, ACGMS 3 × ACS 13 24 showed positive standard heterosis for green fruit yield per plant (kg). Indirect selection for traits like fruit weight, fruit length, fruit girth and number of fruits per plant could be done to obtain higher fruit yield through heterosis. The current investigation reveals good scope for commercial exploitation of heterosis in chilli.