EVALUATION OF YIELD PARAMETERS OF SOME PEPPER (CAPSICUM SPP) LAND RACES IN NIGER STATE

Abstract

Ten accessions of Pepper (Capsicum spp) landraces collected from the growing local Governments of Niger state (Tafa, Zungeru, Bida, Munya, Paiko, Mokwa, Chanchaga, Kontagora, Gwada,) were characterized and evaluated for yield parameters during the growing season of 2012 at the Department of Biological sciences experimental field using a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of the accession entries on yield parameters. The results showed that the pepper landraces were significantly different (p<0.05) for No of Flowers/plant, No of Fruits/plant, No of seeds/fruit, weight of Fruit/plant and Fruit length respectively. The landraces were found interesting for their yield parameters and could serve as potential candidates for future breeding programmes.