Growth and performance of different chilli genotypes for yield and yield attributing characters

Abstract

The field experiment was carried out in June 2018 to October 2018. Fifty-nine (59) genotypes were studied for seven (7) different characters using Randomized Block Design with two replications. All the genotypes showed significant difference for all the characters. However, the maximum plant height was observed in genotype Sankaran kovil local (75.43 cm), maximum number of branches per plant was observed in CA-45 (14.02), maximum number of fruits per plant was observed in CA-7 (128.71 / plant), maximum fruit length was observed in M-106 (15.14 cm), maximum fruit girth was observed in Ramnad local (2.31 cm), maximum single fruit weight was observed in M-106 (17.88 g/ fruit) and maximum fresh fruit yield was observed in CA-7 (369.24 g/ plant) followed by CA-116 (356.03 g/ plant) and F-410 (342.56 g per plant), while, the minimum fresh fruit yield was observed in Sankaran kovil local (37.46 g/ plant) though it was found to be the tallest plant among all. Among the fifty-nine genotypes evaluated, three (3) genotypes, such as CA-7, CA-116 and F-410 were found to be promising based on yield. Therefore, these lines can be used in further breeding programmes as parental.