Author(s): S SARKAR, D. MURMU, A. CHATTOPADHYAY, AND P. HAZRA

Abstract: Forty-nine genotypes of chilli were evaluated to study the genetic variability as well as association for 12 growth and fruit characters. There was significant variation among the genotypes. Fruit yield (g)/plant, number of fruits/plant, fruit length (cm), placenta length(cm), fruit weight (g), number of seeds/fruit and plant height (cm) showed high values of GCV and PCV. High heritability in broad sense coupled with high GA in % grand mean( ) was recorded for fruit yield/plant, number of fruits/plant, fruit length, days to 50% flowering and plant height indicating such characters were controlled by additive gene action The phenotypic path-coefficient analysis revealed that number of fruits/plant, fruit weight and 1000 seed weight had positive and high direct effect on fruit yield indicating their reliability as selection criteria to improve yield of chilli..

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