Ritu Rani Minz*1, Vivek Kumar Kurrey1, John P. Collis2 and Kuldeep Singh Rajwat2
1Department of Vegetable Science, Indira Gandhi Krishi vishwavidalaya Raipur (C.G) 492012
2Department of Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, (Deemed to – be –University) 211007, (U.P.)
Email: rituminz1@gmail.com
Received-23.01.2017, Revised-07.02.2017
Abstract: Fifteen genotypes of chilli were evaluated in RBD with three replications was conducted at Vegetable Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, Allahabad School of Agriculture Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (Deemed to-be-University), Allahabad during the Rabi season of 2014-2015 to study the selection parameters of chilli genotypes for yield and related traits. Altogether fifteen genotypes of chilli laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replication. All these fifteen chilli genotypes showed significant variation in characters viz., average fruit weight (g), number of seeds per fruits , weight of Seeds /fruits (mg), number of fruits /plant, Fruit yield per plant (g), yield per hectare (q), yield of dry green chilli (q ha-1), fruit set percent, estimation of ascorbic acid (mg/100g), estimation of capsaicin (°Brix). The mean of the different traits for 15 genotypes of Chilli (Capsicum annum L.) with three replications treatment details viz. LCA-334(C), KA-2(C), 12CHIV AR-1, 12CHIV AR-2, 12CHIV AR-3, 12CHIV AR-4, 12CHIV AR-5, 12CHIV AR-6, 12CHIV AR-8, IIHR- 2006, ACS- 08-09, HC- 50, KASHI ANMOL, HC- 68 and G4 (Local) were tried in Randomized Block Design (RBD). On the basis of fifteen genotypes studied, for different characters genotype KA-2(C) (22.01q) was found superior in terms of fruit yield per hectare followed by 12CHIV AR-2 (17.72q) and LCA-334(C) (13.37q). The genotype 12 CHIV AR-5 recorded significantly for average fruit weight (4.65 (g)) and Weight of Seeds/fruits (mg) (249.08). However, the genotype 12CHIV AR-4 showed the maximum number of seeds per fruits (46.22). The highest Number of fruits/plant was noticed in genotype 12CHIV AR-8 (116.03) and maximum yield per hectare (q) recorded in genotype KA-2(C) (621.98 q) while, maximum ascorbic acid content (mg/100g) was noticed in genotype 12 CHIVAR-6 and highest capsaicin (°Brix) content was observed in LCA-334(C).
Keywords: Chilli (Capsicum annuum L.), Evaluation,Genotypes, Yield
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