Journal of Horticulture
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Abstract

Genetic variability study was conducted in some quantitative traits of tomato. The cultivars were evaluated under greenhouse and field conditions at the University of Ghana Forest and Horticultural Crops Research Center (FOHCREC) in Ghana. The experimental layout in each location was Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three (3) replications. The individual analysis of variance performed for the data gathered revealed a significant (P < 0.01) variability among the cultivars for most of the traits. Variance components estimated on individual location basis indicated a moderate to high genotypic coefficient of variability (GCV), high broad sense heritability as well as high genetic gain for most of the traits. The present study provides significant information for selecting desirable cross combinations for conventional breeding targeting yield improvement of tomato in Ghana.

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Citation: George Oduro Nkansah. Genetic variability study in some quantitative traits of tomato (solanum lycopersicum L.), J Hortic. 9:298

Received: 03-Mar-2022, Manuscript No. Horticulture-22-22309; Editor assigned: 07-Mar-2022, Pre QC No. Horticulture-22-22309 (PQ); Reviewed: 21-Mar-2022, QC No. Horticulture-22-22309; Revised: 28-Mar-2022, Manuscript No. Horticulture-22-22309 (R); Published: 04-Apr-2022

Copyright: © 2022 George Oduro Nkansah. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.