Correlation and path analysis studies among biochemical traits and yield in chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) genotypes

Heterosis and combining ability vis‐à‐vis association for green fruit yield and component traits involving male sterile lines in chilli (Capsicum annuum) under wet temperate zone of North Western Himalayas

“…The magnitude of the mean sum of squares due to testers was higher than lines and lines  testers for 15 of the 18 traits studied, suggesting that the testers had higher diversity than lines The role of environment was also quite evident on the performance of lines, testers and hybrids as revealed from mean squares due to these parameters with environment. The role of environment on different parameters was also encountered by Chaudhary et al (2013), Janaki et al (2017), Sarkar et al (2019) and Manikandan et al (2020) in chilli.…”

“…The better performance of these hybrids could be attributed to an increase in the number of branches, internodal length and plant height, which might have influenced the potential fruit bearing area as well as leaf area, maximizing the plant's photosynthetic capacity and assimilate translocation towards fruits, thereby resulted in increased number of fruits and yield per plant (Reddy et al, 2008; Sam‐Aggery & Bereke, 1985). The top ranked cross DPChMS 9‐2 × HPM‐2 also showed economic heterosis for seven other traits namely, days to flowering, days to first harvest, number of secondary branches per plant, marketable green fruits per plant, total green fruits per plant, harvest duration and ascorbic acid indicating that these quantitative traits contributed to the high magnitude of heterosis for fruit yield in chilli (Janaki et al, 2017). All top hybrids demonstrated long fruit harvest duration indicating its significant influence on yield.…”

Genetic variation in black pepper (Piper nigrum L) accessions for piperine, essential oil and oleoresin , the biochemical principles of quality

“…Prakash and Jiji Joseph per plant (Janaki et al, 2018). Hence, the correlation of biochemical components, yield and other traits , may vary depending on the traits , accessions and species studied .…”