Journal of Horticultural Sciences (Dec 2012)

Heterosis for Fruit Yield and its Components in Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.)

  • Kuldeep Singh,
  • A S Sidhu,
  • Ajay Kumar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.24154/jhs.v7i2.364
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 2

Abstract

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An experiment was conducted with 14 parents and 40 F1s to study heterosis in brinjal. Crosses showing significant heterosis over the better parent were: HE12 X Aruna for first fruit set; BR-112 X Aruna for fruit length and diameter; Pant Samrat X Punjab Neelam for number of fruits per plant; H-7 X Aruna for fruit weight; H-9 X S-16 for total yield per plant; Negative heterosis were recorded in KT-4 X Aruna for borer and Pant in Rituraj X Punjab Neelam for nematode infestation.

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