Vol. 10, Issue 10 (2021)

Author(s):
Mukesh Awasthi, Devi Singh and Vijay Bahadur

Abstract:
The present experiment was planned and executed in the Department of Horticulture during kharif season of 2019-2020 entitled “Varietal evaluation of Chilli (Capsicum annuum) for growth, yield and quality in Prayagraj Agro climatic condition”. The experiment comprised of 15 genotypes the experiment was replicated three times under Randomized Block Design. The 15^th varieties in observation were Mircha -444, G-4, SPL-AS, Sun hot, F1 Hybrid, Seirra hybrid, Hybrid tej, KSP-1251, Local Varanasi, Farmer Karnataka 1^st, Farmer Karnataka 2^nd, F. Andhra Pradesh 1^st, F. Andhra Pradesh 2^nd, F. Andhra Pradesh 3^rd and Local Kisan variety. Fifteen varieties were used to study the varietal evaluation for growth, yield and quality characters in chilli at fourteen different characters viz. plant height (cm), number of branches plant^-1, days to first flower initiation, days to 50% flowering, number of fruit plant^-1, length of fruit (cm), fruit diameter (cm), weight of fruit (g), number of seeds fruit^-1 fruit yield plot^-1, fruit yield (t ha^-1), total soluble solid (⁰brix) and ascorbic acid (mg/ 100g) were taken into consideration parameter studied, The result revealed that the genotype in terms of V_5:F1 Hybrid is highest growth, yield and quality of chilli.