Vol. 10, Issue 8 (2021)

Author(s):
Vinutha Patil S, Gangaprasad S and Dushyantha Kumar BM

Abstract:
Top crosses of brinjal Biliudda badane × mullu badane produced from F₁ generation were in augmented design at ZARS Shimogga in Kharif 2017. Evaluation of direction degree of association and path coefficient analysis between yield and yield attributes traits were studied in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.). Traits like days to first flowering, Number of fruits per plant, Number of flowers, Plant height, fruit width and fruit weight, fruit length, fruits per cluster were found to possess significant and positive correlation with fruit yield per plant and also showed positive direct effect in path co-efficient analysis. It was observed that with increase in plant height, there were corresponding increases of fruit yield per hectare. The number of branch per plant had significant negative association with fruit yield per plant. These characters play a major role in recombination breeding and suggested that direct selection based on these traits will be rewarded for crop improvement of brinjal.