Haritability and genetic advance were of lower maginitude to all the six characters studied, nearly half of the crosses exhibiting negative estimat:s. Genetic gain of per. ceptible magnitude combined with high mean expression has been recorded by the cross AE 712 x 180 for number of branches per plant. AE 593 x 180 for fuit width and AE 719 > 10% for yield of fruits and thess crosses would be useful for further selection programmes.
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