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Thirty-five genotypes of tomato were evaluated for yield and yield attributing characters at the Main Experiment Station, Department of Vegetable Science, Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Narendra Nagar (Kumarganj), Faizabad (U.P.) during winter 2013-2014. Observations were recorded on nine quantitative characters viz., days to 50 per cent flowering, plant height (cm), number of primary branches per plant, number of locules per fruit, pericarp thickness (mm), average fruit weight (g), total soluble solids, number of fruits per plant and fruit yield per plant (g). High magnitude of phenotypic as well as genotypic coefficients of variation were observed in case of fruit yield per plant followed by average fruit weight, number of locules per fruit, number of fruits per plant, plant height and number of primary branches per plant. Days to 50 per cent flowering exhibited low level of variability. High heritability coupled with high genetic advance were estimated for all the traits except days to 50 per cent flowering indicating opportunity for selection response.
Keywords: Tomato, Colour, Flavour, Genetic variability, Phenotypic, Genotypic