Study of biochemical changes and microbial load of custard apple RTS beverage for better human health and nutrition

In a study carried out with ten diverse genotypes of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) and forty five F1 crosses generated from them through 10 x 10 diallel mating design, it was found that a lot of diversity was present with respect to all the traits as depicted by scattered positions of parental arrays in the Wr-Vr graphs. The regression line intersecting the Wr axis below the origin for all the traits indicated over dominance. Position of the parental arrays on the graphs indicated the importance of both dominant and recessive alleles for different traits.