Influence of fertilizer level and seedling age on growth, flowering, seed yield and seed quality of parentall ines of chilli hybrid HCH-9646

Transplanting of 25 days old seedlings of female (VN-2) and male (Arkalohit) parents, along with higher fertilizer level (75:100:100 kg/ha) showed significantly higher seed yield (8.88, and 7.16 g/plant; 765.5 and 672 kg/ha), seed germination (87.13 and 87.32%), field emergence (82.54 and 82.44%) and seedling vigour index (1489 and 1513) respectively.