GENETIC VARIABILITY, HERITABILITY AND GENETIC ADVANCE FOR QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE TRAITS IN CHILLI (Capsicum annuum L.)

P. PANDIYARAJ¹*, D. SARALADEVI², JULIET HEPZIBA S.³, ARINDAM DAS^4
1Division of Vegetable Crops, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta, Bengaluru, 560 089, Karnataka
²Department t of Vegetable Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, TNAU, Periyakulam, 625 604, Tamil Nadu
³Department t of Vegetable Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, TNAU, Periyakulam, 625 604, Tamil Nadu
⁴Division of Vegetable Crops, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta, Bengaluru, 560 089, Karnataka
* Corresponding Author : pandiyaraj.p7@yahoo.com

Received : 07-01-2017     Accepted : 10-03-2017     Published : 24-03-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 14       Pages : 4081 - 4083
Int J Agr Sci 9.14 (2017):4081-4083

Keywords : Chilli variability, Heritability and genetic advances, Qualitative and quantitative traits
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : The authors would like to acknowledged the Head Department of vegetable crops, Dean, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Periyakulam, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu for help in conducting the trial successfully, continuous guidance and technical support during the research work
Author Contribution : Pandiyaraj P – Conception and design of the work, data collection, data analysis and interpretation, drafting the article, critical revision of the article, final approval of the version to be published and acted as corresponding author

Thirty three chilli germplasm were evaluated in a randomized block design with two replication to estimate genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance of twelve quantitative and four qualitative traits. The overall values of GCV lower than the PCV for all the traits. High magnitude of PCV and GCV were recorded for carotene content and followed by red pod yield/plant, dry pod yield/plant and capsaicin. High values of GCV are an indication of high genetic variability among the germplasm. The heritability estimates in broad sense were found to be high for all the characters except number of secondary branches per plant, capsaicin, days to first flowering, pod girth and thousand seed weight. High heritability estimates indicated the presence of large number of fixable additive factors and hence these traits can be improved by selection. The traits like carotene content, red pod yield per plant, dry pod yield per plant and mean pod weight with high phenotypic coefficient of variation, genotypic coefficient of variation, heritability and genetic advance as percent of mean, indicating that these characters are under additive gene effects and more reliable for effective selection.

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