Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Length of fruit (cm), among the all parents significantly positive GCA effects recorded in the parents RHRBG-29 (P₇) (2.519 and 3.053), RHRBG-31 (P8) (0.679 and0.563), RHRBG-26 (P₁) (0.639 and 0.668) and RHRBG-10 (P₃) (0.779 and 0.678) in both summer and kharif seasons respectively. Number of fruits per vine, among the eight parents significantly highest and positive GCA effects exhibited by the parentRHRBG-29 (P₇) (7.215 and 5.492) respectively during both summer and kharif seasons. The parents RHRBG-26 (P₁) (2.065) and RHRBG-10 (P₃) (1.620) displayed significantly positive GCA effect in kharif season. Weight of fruit (g), the parent RHRBG-29 (P₇) (9.590 and 8.395) expressed significantly highest and positive GCA effects during both summer and kharif seasons respectively. The parents RHRBG-31 (P₈) (1.322) in summer season and P₁ (1.844) displayed significantly positive GCA effect in kharif season. Fruit yield (q/ha), among the eight parents, RHRBG-29 (P₇) (40.204), RHRBG-31 (P₈) (4.912) and RHRBG-10 (P₃) (4.358) showed significantly positive GCA effects during summer season and RHRBG-29 (P₇) (33.641), RHRBG-26 (P₁) (10.475) and RHRBG-31 (P₈) (5.309) during kharif season.