High GCV and PCV were obtained for characters like number of nodes per vine, dry weight of fruits, marketable fruit yield per vine and total fruit yield per vine. High heritability was observed for most of the characters studied, except days to first female flower and number of unmarketable fruits per vine. Among the various characters studied high heritability coupled with high GAM was noticed for days to first male flower, number of nodes at which first female flower appears, days to first fruit harvest, vine length and dry weight of fruit. It indicates that a simple selection scheme for these traits would be sufficient to bring genetic improvement in the desired direction.
Broad sense, Degree, Heritability, Selection, Variance
