Genotypic correlation and path co-efficient analyses were carried out in F3 populations of two intervarietal crosses of rice for grain yield and its components. Tiller, number, panicle length and plant height showed positive correlation with grain yield. Hundred grain weight exhibited negative correlation with grain yield. Due stress must be laid on number of productive tillers per plant and panicle length during the selection for higher yield in rice.

Variability with respect to seed mellowness in pomegranate was studied in the hybrid seedlings resulting from intercultivar crosses comprising 17 parents. The proportion of very soft to soft seeded hybrids ranged from 4.88 per cent to 44.86 per cent. The sof seeded female parent G-137 had the highest rate of transmission of seed mellowness. It has been suggested that parents are heterozyous for seed mellowness and there are modifying factors affecting seed mellowness, probably an interaction between parents which modify seed mellowness expression.

Variability and heritability estimates were worked for different characters in three intervarietal crosses of eggplant in Fs generation. Cross combination EP 47 x EP 117 registered high mean, variability and heritability for fruit yield and yield components and offer scope for further improvement. Fruit yield per plant, number of fruits per plant, fruit weight, fruit girth and fruit length recorded high genotypic coefficient of variation. High heritability coupled with high genetic gain was noticed for fruit yield per plant, number of fruits per plant, fruit weight and fruit girth