A 6x6 diallel cross excluding reciprocal of tomato was evaluated with parents for heterotic manifestation of yield and yield attributing characters. The heterosis over better parent (BP) to the extent of , , , , and per cent was recorded for days to first flowering, days to marketable maturity, average fruit weight, number of fruit per plant, harvest duration, yield per hectare, and plant height , respectively. | Heterosis studies for yield and its components in tomato Solanum lycopersicum L. under North Western Himalayan region India