Determination of Association of Yield Components in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
Himanshu Singh *
Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture and Forestry, A.N.D.U &T, Kumarganj Ayodhya, India.
G. C. Yadav
Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture and Forestry, A.N.D.U &T, Kumarganj Ayodhya, India.
Harish Chandra Yadav
Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture, Banda University of Agriculture and Technology Kumarganj Ayodhya, India.
Aniket Kumar Verma
Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture, Banda University of Agriculture and Technology Kumarganj Ayodhya, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The present investigation was conducted in Randomized Block Design with 38 genotypes (including three checks) of tomato in three replications for thirteen quantitative traits. The objectives were to assess the correlation for fruit yield and yield contributing characters. The association studies showed that fruit yield per plant had highly significant and positive correlation with marketable fruit yield per plant, average fruit weight, equatorial diameter, unmarketable fruits yield per plant and number of fruits per plant at both phenotypic and genotypic levels.
Keywords: Tomato, randomized block design, Solanum lycopersicum, protective food