Vol. 10, Issue 10 (2021)

Author(s):
Kalpana V Rathava, RR Acharya and Azadchandra S Damor

Abstract:
The present investigation was carried out during kharif-rabi 2017-2018, at Main Vegetable Research Station, Anand Agricultural University, Anand. The experimental material for present investigation comprised of six generations viz., P₁, P₂, F₁, F₂, BC₁ and BC₂ of four crosses involving eight diverse cultivars of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) used to study the genetic analysis of various quantitative and qualitative traits. High heritability coupled with high genetic advance were estimated for fruit yield per plant in cross 1 (ABSR 2 × NSP 1), days to first picking in cross 3 (JBGR 1 × GP BRJ 204), number of fruits per plant in cross 1 (ABSR 2 × NSP 1), fruit length in cross 1 (ABSR 2 × NSP 1) and cross 2 (KS 224 × CHBR 1), fruit weight in cross 2 (KS 224 × CHBR 1) and cross 4 (Doli 5 × PN 1) and total soluble sugar in cross 2 (KS 224 × CHBR 1), which indicated preponderance of additive gene action in these traits and for improvement of such a traits, selection will be effective.