GENETIC VARIABILITY AND CORRELATION ANALYSIS IN BER (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.) GERMPLASM GROWN IN LUCKNOW

A study was conducted in sodic soil conditions of Lucknow during 2005-2006 using 16 genotypes of Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk. in which 12 were commercial cultivars viz. Banarasi Karaka, Karali, Shootless, Mehrun, Peundi, Gola, Jaffran, Chhuhara, Khinni, Desi, Kaithli and Illaichi; and 4 selections - i.e. Ambedkar Ber 1, Ambedkar Ber-2, Ambedkar Ber-3 and Ambedkar Ber-4 to correlate 13 physico-chemical characters of fruits i.e. fruit length, fruit width, fruit weight, fruit volume, specific gravity, total soluble solid (TSS), acidity, ascorbic acid, stone length and stone width, stone weight, pulp:stone ratio and fruit pulp. The experiment was carried out in completely randomized design (CRD) with three replications. Correlation analysis study showed a high positive and statistically significant (P