Genetic Investigation in Segregating Generation of Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.)

The genetic variability studies indicated that the prevalence of sufficient genetic variation among the genotypes for all the characters. The high Genotypic co-efficient of variation and Phenotypic co-efficient of variation were observed for the number of primary branches and number of fruits per plant. High heritability coupled with high Genetic Advance as per cent of Mean was observed for plant height, number of primary branches, plant spread from North to South, plant spread from East to West, fruit length, fruit diameter, average fruit weight, number of fruits per plant, fruit yield per plant and Total Soluble Solids indicating that these characters are governed by additive gene action. Hence, direct selection may be followed for the improvement of brinjal by assessing these characters.