Research Article

[Retracted] Elucidation of Nature of Gene Action and Estimation of Combining Ability Effects for Fruit Yield Improvement and Yield Attributing Traits in Brinjal Landraces

Table 1

ANOVA for line x tester analysis for different characters of brinjal.

Source of variationDFDFIDF50FILLLWNPBPlFLFDFPPMFPPFWYPPMYPPSPFTYSSRDMTPAA

Replications227.7260.0836.522.212.462.61.052.464.436.1464.9388.75223022.97383210.5921576.71255.83470.990.921.751.18
Treatments53202.36189.38151.118.845.13.382.1428.968.13215.01169.635223.891056513.49884802.461234032.06599.26261.816.41688.6210.9
Parents13222.56228.931942.168.084.885.5445.4373.11173.22143.488767.83914323.6906240.98917774.15282.48242.8628.52984.477.15
Hybrids39198.33177.49140.69.343.32.520.9521.267.55220.78171.593434.811123331.22895833.841344419.69625.12272.8812.54607.657.74
Parents vs. hybrids196.84138.923.6876.136.4517.454.16114.2225.96533.42433.2328926.65299090.96175877.841040267.513708.7475.6610.120.23182.66
Lines9640.41616.5382.8322.87.845.092.7641.9261.42390.58365.72876.992871163.262349583.52905346.781644.21353.3322.311544.3723.1
Testers3152.32104.7178.328.614.22.561.7279.4388.331305.49822.5129902.031073701.11918090.194785351.27579.97952.556.241201.5817.67
Lines X testers2756.0939.2455.674.931.691.650.267.8333.9643.6534.57679.95546234.99408777.69441784.93290.44170.564.42229.421.52
Error10613.714.3618.60.11.370.510.32.883.5815.7213.8146.9964976.7958320.936717.7280.6551.021.030.190.13

,Significant at 5% and 1% levels, respectively. DF, degree of freedom; DFI, days to flower initiation, DF50 days to 50% flowering; FI, fruit initiation; LL, leaf length (cm); LW, leaf width (cm); NPB, number of primary branches; Pl, petiole length (cm); FL, fruit length (cm); FD, fruit diameter (cm); FPP, number of fruit per plant; MFPP, number of marketable fruit per plant; FW, fruit weight (g); YPP, yield per plant (g); MYPP, marketable yield per plant (g); SPF, number of seed per fruit; TY, total yield (ton/ha); SSR, sclerotia stem rot incidence%; DM, dry matter%; TP, total phenol (mg/100 g); AA, ascorbic acid (mg/100 g).