Selection Criteria for Improving Yield in Chili (Capsicum annuum)
Table 3
Genetic variability parameters for 15 characters of chili.
Traits
Range
GM
GCV
PCV
GA
GA (% of mean)
Days to first picking
111.00–147.00
126.17
6.81
7.07
92.95
17.07
13.53
Harvest duration
43.33–67.33
55.10
11.56
12.70
82.86
11.94
21.67
First fruit maturity
127.33–146.33
135.98
4.91
5.14
90.98
13.11
9.64
100% fruit maturity
164.67–197.33
179.78
4.78
4.92
94.23
17.18
9.56
Plant height (cm)
44.60–93.72
71.36
18.72
21.72
74.32
23.73
33.25
Number of primary branches
10.67–19.00
14.33
14.34
22.35
41.14
2.71
18.94
10 edible green fruit weight (g)
9.70–272.93
68.80
118.61
120.55
96.82
165.41
240.42
10 dry fruit weight (g)
2.38–23.55
9.00
66.87
67.22
98.96
12.33
137.03
Fruit length at green stage (cm)
2.35–16.52
7.37
59.89
61.16
95.89
8.90
120.81
Fruit width at green stage (cm)
0.70–2.10
1.16
36.46
37.35
95.31
0.85
73.32
Number of seeds per fruit
24.67–87.67
61.12
27.70
28.85
92.18
33.48
54.78
Weight of seeds per fruit (g)
0.15–0.53
0.30
32.71
34.06
92.23
0.19
64.71
Number of fruits per plant
21.67–266.67
91.32
79.46
81.28
95.58
146.15
160.04
100-seed weight (g)
0.25–0.66
0.49
22.53
23.07
95.37
0.22
45.33
Fruit yield per plant at green stage (g)
97.82–804.57
334.15
67.18
69.93
92.28
444.18
132.93
GM: general mean, GCV: genotypic coefficient of variation, PCV: phenotypic coefficient of variation, : heritability in broad sense (%), and GA: genetic advance.
