Evaluation of F1 hybrids and parental lines for quantitative and qualitative traits of Brinjal

Abstract

The present investigation was conducted to know the diversity among the F1 hybrids developed through diallel mating design with the using 8 diverse parents for quantitative and qualitative traits. The study was conducted with the field evaluation of 28 F1 hybrids and 8 parents during two consecutive years. The wide range of variation observed among the traits during both the years. Perusal of per se performance of the parental lines and F1 hybrids (Table 4.2) for all the traits studied revealed a wide range of mean values which indicated that the parental lines involved in this study were genetically diverse and had good breeding value, which confirmed the predictions of analysis of variance. Out of 28 F1 hybrids sixteen hybrids viz., P1 × P2, P1 × P4, P1 × P6, P1 × P7, P1× P8, P2 × P3, P2 × P4, P2 × P5, P2 × P6, P3 × P5, P3 × P6, P4 × P5, P4 ×P6, P5 × P6, P5 × P7, P5 × P8, P6 ×P8, and P7 × P8 produced significantly higher yield than both standard varieties Punjab Sadabahar and Pant Rituraj.