Correlation studies on yield and yield components in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.)

Abstract

An experiment on correlation analysis involving brinjal (Solanum melongena L.

Correlation coefficients and path analysis studies for yield and quality traits in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.)

“…Such a high level of genotypic association may be the result of the masking effect of environment. This shows that even though there was a significant degree of genotypic correlation between the two variables, the phenotypic expression was inherent relationship between the two investigated characters, which was also supported by Dhaka and Soni (2014) [8] ; Ibaad et al (2016) [10] ; Mangi et al (2017) [15] ; Singh et al (2020) [24] ; Vethamonai et al (2020) [29] ; and Rameshkumar et al (2021) [17] . Out of twenty-four characters, number of fruits per cluster, number of fruits per plant, plant spread in north-south direction, percent fruit set, plant height, average fruit weight, plant spread in east-west direction, chlorophyll content of leaf, ascorbic acid content, number of flowers per cluster, number of branches per plant, fruit pH, fruit diameter, dry matter content, test weight of seeds, total protein content and total phenol content exhibited a positive significant correlation at both genotypic and phenotypic levels with fruit yield per plant, respectively.…”