Genetic Variability and Correlation Studies in Brinjal (Solanum Melongena L.).

ABSTRACT

The present investigation was conducted at Department of Horticulture, Horticulture Garden, Dr. PDKV, Akola (M.S.), during kharif 2012-13. The experimental material comprised of 20 genotypes along with one check of brinjal and the experimental was laid out in randomized block design with three replications. Variability studies revealed that highly significant differences were recorded among the varieties for all characters. Correlation and path analysis revealed that fruit length, diameter, weight influenced the fruit yield in plant with high direct effect and significant positive correlation. Therefore, fruit length, diameter, weight are an important characters which may be included in selection criteria for improvement in fruit yield per plant.