Performance of Hot Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) For Yield and Yield Attributing Traits in Chhattisgarh Plains

The performance study of forty eight genotypes of hot pepper was carried out for fruit yield and its component characters, during rabi season of 2020–21 at Horticultural Research cum Instructional Farm, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur. A significant difference was observed among genotypes for growth and yield parameters. Genotype CHIGEN-46 recorded maximum number of fruits per plant (270.50), fruit yield per plot (15.25kg) and fruit yield per hectare (165.73 q/ha). The genotype CHIGEN-41 recorded highest fruit yield per plant (415.10g) and maximum plant height (80.47cm), CHIGEN-40 (8.17) recorded maximum number of primary branches whereas CHIGEN-32 was early in first flowering(26.03d), CHIGEN-38 recorded for early days to 50% flowering(43.20), CHIGEN-45 recorded maximum fruit stalk length (5.69 cm)and fruit girth (5.51 cm). CHIGEN-29 recorded maximum fruit length (18.38 cm) and CHIGEN-43 gave maximum fresh weight of fruits (85.96 g) whereas CHIGEN-37 recorded maximum dry weight of fruits(10.60 g). CHIGEN-36 (85.23) was recorded for minimum days to first fruit harvesting and CHIGEN-42 (6.52) was recorded for maximum total number of picking. Overall performance of the genotypes revealed that the genotypes CHIGEN-45, CHIGEN-41 and CHIGEN-46 were superior genotypes for most of the traits studied among the forty eight genotypes.