In the present study, the components of genetic variation were studied in AN (Arka Nidhi) and SN (Singh Nath) for quantitative characters. The estimates of both additive and dominance components were significant for all the characters except days to 50 per cent flowering, fruit diameter, number of branches per plant and pedicel length. Epistasis (i) and (j+l) type was significant in all the traits except except fruit diameter (cm). | 2017 6 5 903-911 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 5 2017 pp. 903-911 Journal homepage http Original Research Article https Triple Test Cross for Yield and Quantitative Components in Brinjal Solanum melongena L. Smita Kumari . Chandel and Aachal Chauhan Department of Vegetable Science and Floriculture CSK HPKV Palampur Himachal Pradesh 176 062 India Corresponding author ABSTRACT The success of vegetable breeding operations mainly depends upon the nature and extent Keywords of genetic components of variation. Thus it is imperative to have reliable estimates of such Triple test cross components in order to formulate an efficient breeding strategy. In the present study the additive components of genetic variation were studied in AN Arka Nidhi and SN Singh Nath for dominance quantitative characters. The estimates of both additive and dominance components were epistasis. significant for all the characters except days to 50 per cent flowering fruit diameter number of branches per plant and pedicel length. Epistasis i and j l type was significant in all the traits except except fruit diameter cm . The degree of dominance Article Info H D 1 2 was in the range of over dominance for marketable fruit yield per plant number of Accepted marketable fruits per plant fruit length cm plant height cm number of branches per 04 April 2017 plant and fruit weight g where as the presence of partial dominance for days to 50 per Available Online cent flowering days to first picking fruit diameter cm pedicel length cm and bacterial 10 May 2017 wilt incidence. Introduction Brinjal is a well known vegetable crop and it effects Mackay 2014 . In fact a good genetic is generally grown in the tropical sub tropical model enables the breeder to have precise and warm temperate area of the world. It is a and unbiased estimates of all the components good
