Study on character association in brinjal (Solanum Melongena L.)

Abstract

Correlation coefficient analysis in 180 genotypes of brinjal was carried out at Vegetable Research Station, Junagadh Agricultural University, and Junagadh during late kharif 2017-18. The results revealed that the association of fruit length, number of fruits per plant, plant height, fruit girth and total soluble solids with fruit yield among themselves was positive and significant while these traits were identified as yield components. The genetic improvement of fruit yield thus can be obtained by direct selection of these yield components.