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Table 1 Mean sum of squares for parents and hybrids in respect of 14 characters in chilli
Sl.No Characters
Replication Parents
Parents vs
crosses
Crosses
Lines
Testers
Lines vs
testers
Error
d. f.
1
17
1
71
11
5
1
89
1
Days to 50% flowering
0.94
6.45*
61.25**
6.24** 4.39*
10.88*
6.72** 0.804
2
Plant height (cm)
0.17
76.95** 0.80
41.53** 109.63** 19.1**
6.60** 0.51
3
Number of primary branches 0.03
0.25
14.68**
0.27
0.15
0.53
0.03
0.09
4
Number of secondary branches 0.03
2.17** 11.25**
1.87** 1.70*
3.44*
0.93*
0.23
5
Number of fruits/plant
5.01
273.83** 14.82** 271.54** 310.66** 98.29** 746.39** 1.38
6
Fruit length (cm)
0.31
6.78** 15.76**
2.85** 5.56** 10.53** 1.40*
0.31
7
Fruit diameter (cm)
0.04
0.32** 0.95**
0.08
0.36** 0.30*
0.097* 0.02
8
Stalk length (cm)
0.002
0.41** 0.002
0.28** 0.38** 0.51** 0.006
0.02
9
Stalk weight (g)
0.002
0.005
0.002
0.002
0.007* 0.001
0.0001 0.001
10
Fruit weight (g)
0.007
0.25** 7.68**
0.051** 0.21** 0.37** 0.015* 0.003
11
Pericarp weight (g)
0.0008*
0.068** 1.67**
0.023** 0.058** 0.099** 0.019** 0.0001
12
Number of seeds/fruit
62.10
223.68** 165.56** 221.47** 197.69** 281.38** 220.99** 17.00
13
Seed weight (g)
0.0005*
0.029** 0.0008** 0.026** 0.034** 0.015** 0.043** 0.0001
14
Dry Fruit yield/plant (g)
3.53*
172.79** 3297.31** 131.21** 224.56** 91.70** 8.68** 0.20
Note: * and ** indicates significance at 5% and 1% levels respectively
Table 2 Range, Heterosis and most heterotic crosses for 14 characters in chilli
Characters
Range
Better parent (Based on
Per
se
performance)
Per se
performance
Heterosis
Parents
Crosses
MP
BP
SC
Days to 50%
flowering
40.5 to 46.5
38.5 to 46.5
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12.99 to 5.45
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11.24 to 11.11
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13.48 to 4.49 KDC
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1 (40.5) &Kunkur
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3
Plant height
(cm)
39.8 to 66.0
47.0 to 66.2
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20.29 to 18.11
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24.70 to 15.94
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10.98 to 25.38 Kunkur
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3 (66.0), G
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3 (63.8)
AR
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75 (61.3)
No. of primary
branches
2.10 to 3.30
2.5 to 4.4
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16.13 to 95.56
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21.87 to 91.3
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24.24 to 33.33 Byadagi dabbi (3.3) &
KDC
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1 (3.2)
No. of second
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ary branches
8.7 to 12.6
8.0 to 12.45
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25.58 to 29.67
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36.51 to 21.72
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25.74 to 23.27 KDC
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1 (12.6) & Puri red
(12.1)
No. of fruits
per/plant
48.28 to 95.19
44.75 to 100.1
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29.81 to 55.77
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43.62 to 49.5
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18.12 to 83.29 AR
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75 (95.1) & Puri red
(79.25)
Fruit length
(cm)
4.94 to 11.81
7.03 to 12.66
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25.15 to 56.60
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34.04 to 42.16
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25.29 to 34.54 Byadagi kaddi (11.81) &
Kunkur
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3 (11.43)
Fruit diameter
(cm)
1.07 to 2.67
1.42 to 2.2
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17.57 to 67.47
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32.34 to 66.80
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31.22 to 8.29 S
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32 (2.67) & Byadagi
dabbi (2.05)
Stalk length
(cm)
2.90 to 4.68
2.74 to 4.62
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23.87 to 46.45
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22.81 to 65.53
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21.49 to 37.54 Lokur local (2.9) &GPC
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82
(8.99)
Stalk weight
(g)
0.05 to 0.27
0.04 to 0.16
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77.5 to 76.2
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66.67 to 100
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55.56 to 77.78 Pant C
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1 (0.05), Lokur
local (0.06) & 124 (0.07)
Fruit weight
(g)
0.5 to 1.87
1.35 to 1.98
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33.46 to 193.9
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35.46 to 86.79
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44.72 to 21.70 S
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32 (1.87), Byadagi dabbi
(1.63) & Kunkur
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3 (1.41)
Pericarp weight
(g)
0.21 to 0.98
0.62 to 1.05
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9.04 to 156.58
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26.28 to 104.7
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31.33 to 26.51 S
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32 (0.98), Byadagi dabbi
(0.83) & Kunkur –3 (0.78)
No. of seeds/
fruit
48.33 to 87.33
43.38 to 88.83
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44.32 to 48.95
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38.40 to 80.43
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39.79 to 23.29 VN
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2 (48.33) & AR
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75
(50.7)
Seed weight (g) 0.21 to 2.63
0.22 to 0.63
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51.89 to 135.1
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44.44 to 266.6
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51.11 to 71.1 VN
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2 (0.21) & Punjab lal
(0.22)
Dry fruit yield
per plant (g)
31.45 to 63.85
38.55 to 78.05
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8.44 to 71.04
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24.67 to 70.24
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26.36 to 49.09 Ar
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75 (63.8), G
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3 (61.35)
& Byadagi dabbi (52.35)