| Abstrakt: |
Seven lines and four testers were crossed in line x tester mating design to evolve twenty-eight hybrids. These hybrids were studied along with their eleven parents for gene action and combining ability for fifteen characters. Among the hybrids, the F1 hybrids of L4 x T3 (LCA 625 × G-4) followed by L7 x T4 (Pant C-1 × LCA 678), L7 x T2 (Pant C-1 × K1), L5 x T4 (LCA620 × LCA 678) and L7 x T3 (Pant C-1 × G-4) showed maximum fruit yield per plant. Considering the gca effects of the parent L7, L5, L4, T4 and T3 (Pant C-1, LCA 620, LCA 625, LCA 678 and G-4) were the best since they possessed significant and desirable gca effects for more than seven characters. Therefore, it may be concluded that crosses involving L7, L5, L4, T4 and T3 (Pant C-1, LCA 620, LCA 625, LCA 678 and G-4) would result in the identification of superior segregants with favourable genes for yield and its component traits. Based on sca effects, the hybrid L4 x T3 (LCA 625 × G-4) and L7 x T4 (Pant C-1 × LCA 678) was the best hybrid, since it had a desirable performance for ten characters viz., days to fifty percent flowering, plant spread, fruit length, fruit width, fruit pedicel length, number of fruits per plant, fruit weight, 1000 seed weight, ascorbic acid content, capsaicin content and fruit yield per plant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
