Keeping in view the health benefits of Anthocyanin flavonoid and that traditional tomatoes don’t normally produce them, the study of genetic evaluation and characterization of novel breeding line-“purple tomato” genotypes are of relevant importance for nutritional security of consumers. This study aimed to characterize, evaluate as well as to establish the interrelationship between different important horticultural traits of purple tomato lines using suitable statistical tools with respect to checks to test the feasibility of commercialization of these new nutritionally rich genotypes of tomato. In this context, the present investigation was carried out with the 9 breeding lines of purple tomato, along with its two parental lines and two check genotypes (one popular cultivar and one multiple resistant hybrid) at Central Research Farm, Gayeshpur, B.C.K.V., Nadia, West Bengal during autumn-winter. The study revealed that wide variation was observed in the different traits, suggests segregation in different characters in the lines which needs to be stabilized through advancement of generations and subsequent selection. Analysis of Variance clearly showed the presence of wide genetic variability for the character concerned among the genotypes. The highest yielding purple tomato line was BCPT 7-4-4 (6.10 Kg fruit per plant). The study showed that 5 Purple tomato lines viz. BCPT 7-4-4, BCPT- 7-4-3, BCPT-7-4-2, BCPT 7-4-1, BCPT 7-1-3 significantly outclassed the popular hybrid and cultivar with respect to fruit weight. On the basis of correlation studies, the selection for number of fruits per plant, flower cluster per plant, pericarp thickness, polar diameter of fruit would be effective for developing plants with higher fruit yield in purple tomato. It was evident that Purple tomato lines can very well be placed as a line bred variety for commercial cultivation in competition with other line bred variety and even hybrids.

Twenty five Pigeonpea genotypes were evaluated in a randomized block design during Kharif 2017-2018. The objective of this research was to study correlation, direct and indirect effects among yield and other fifteen yield related traits aim for genetic improvement of Pigeonpea. Seed yield per plant had positive and highly significant correlation with biological yield (0.983), harvest index (0.788), number of seeds per pod (0.462), number of pod cluster per plant (0.311) and number of pods per plant (0.313). Thus, selection for higher yield on the basis of above characters would be consistent. Seed yield per plant exhibited positive but not significant correlation with days to flowering initiation (0.187), days to 50 % flowering (0.118), 100 seed weight (0.149), dal recovery (0.099) and rest all characters are negatively correlated with seed yield per plant. The characters viz., number of pod cluster per plant (1.655), biological yield (0.754), harvest index (0.288) showed high and positive direct effect on seed yield per plant and it was positive and moderate in case of number of primary branches (0.103). The direct effect of number of pods per plant (-1.625), number of secondary branches (-0.181), days to flower initiation (-0.074) seems to be high but in negative direction.