Performance of Different Genotypes of Chilli (Capsicum annum) under Allahabad Agro-Climatic Condition

The investigation was carried out at the Vegetable Research Farm in the Department of Horticulture, Allahabad Agricultural Institute-Deemed University, Allahabad to evaluate the performance of 20 genotypes under Allahabad agro-climatic conditions. All twenty genotypes were tested in a randomized block design with 3 replications. The observations were recorded on 14 quantitative traits and 3 qualitative traits i.e. plant height at 100 d, 120 d, days to 1st flowering, days to 50 per cent flowering, days to 1stgreen fruit harvest, average fruit length, average fruit diameter, average green fruit yield/plant, days to1st red ripe fruit harvest, average weight of red ripe fruit yield, number of seeds/fruit, weight of seeds/fruit, ascorbic acids, oleoresin (%) and capsaicin content (%). The earliest day to 1st flowering amongst genotypes was recorded with the Pusa Jawala (31.66) followed by LCA 301 (32), JCA 9(32.33) and the maximum days to 1st flowering were noticed in LCA 333 (41.66). Days to 50 per cent flowering was also observed significant among genotypes. The minimum days to first green fruit harvest was recorded in LCA 357 (79.00) followed by LCA 404 (80.66) and Pusa Jawala (81.33) while genotype LCA 301 (96.33) took maximum days to first green fruit harvest. There were significant differences among genotypes for capsaicin (%) content. The maximum capsaicin (%) was found in IC 413702 (0.62%) followed by Pbc 1438 (0.51%) and IC-383079(0.47%), while JCA 9(0.16%) was found with minimum capsaicin.