Abstract

The present study was undertaken on 34 genotypes of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) to furnish the information of the nature of association among different yield attributes and their direct and indirect contribution towards yield. The coefficient of variation was high for plant height, number of fruits per plant and yield per plant in 34 accessions of tomato. Number of fruits perplant showed high heritability. There was a positive and significant association between yield per plant and number of fruits per plant. Path co-efficient analysis revealed that the direct effects via number of primary branches per plant, number of fruit clusters per plant and number of fruits per plant were positive but for number of primary branches per plant was of low magnitude. Hence it would be worth laying stress on number of fruit clusters per plant and number of fruits per plant while formulating selection programme in tomato.

Keywords: Tomato, Yield Components