Chandramani Kuswaha, Lokendra Singh, R.K. Yadav, Sarvendra Kumar, Shweta, Ram Batuk Singh and K.P. Singh
Abstract
The experiment was conducted to estimate the correlation and direct and indirect effect of various yield attributing traits on fruit yield in brinjal, during the Rabi season of 2022-23 at the Department of Vegetable Science C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, Utter Pradesh, India. The results showed that the highest significant, positive and direct effect on yield per plant was exerted by average fruit weight (0.7705) followed by number of fruit per plant (0.6879, fruit length (0.2776) and fruit circumference (0.1880). Negative direct effect on fruit yield per plant was exerted by plant height (-0.1462) and day of first fruit harvest after transplanting (-0.1216) while number of primary branches per plant and number of secondary branches per plant showed low, negative and direct effect. The study concluded that selection for fruit circumference, average fruit weight, number of fruit per plant and fruit length will be more effective than other traits for fruit yield per plant.