A filed experiment was conducted in the university orchard, Department of Vegetable Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. The 24 cherry tomato genotypes were evaluated to estimate the nature and magnitude of associations of different characters with fruit yield. The experiment was conducted using Randomized Block Design and replicated thrice. The correlation coefficients of the cherry tomato genotypes revealed that the yield hectare-1 showed positive and significant association at genotypic level with plant height at flowering, plant height at final harvest, number of primary branches plant-1 at flowering, days to first flowering, number of flowering clusters (truss) plant-1, number of fruits cluster-1, number of fruit cluster plant-1, number of fruits plant-1, fruit length, number of locules fruit-1, fruit weight, number of seeds fruit-1, weight of 1000 seeds, yield plant-1, shelf life of fruits, total s

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The correlation coefficients of the cherry tomato germplasm revealed that the yield hectare-1 showed positive and significant association at genotypic level with plant height at flowering, plant height at final harvest, number of primary branches plant-1 at flowering, days to first flowering, number of flowering clusters (truss) plant-1, number of fruits cluster-1, number of fruit cluster plant-1, number of fruits plant-1, fruit length, number of locules fruit-1, fruit weight, number of seeds fruit-1, weight of 1000 seeds, yield plant-1, shelf life of fruits, total sugars, titrable acidity and lycopene. The yield hectare-1 showed positive and significant association at phenotypic level with number of primary branches plant-1 at final harvest, number of flowers cluster-1, fruit width, weight of seeds fruit-1, fruit firmness, total soluble solids and total carotenoids. Hence, these traits may lead to the development of high yielding genotypes of cherry tomato.

Venkadeswaran, E., Vethamoni, P. I., Arumugam, T., Manivannan, N. and Harish, S. (2021). Studies on Correlation for Growth, Yield and Quality Characters in Cherry Tomato [Solanum lycopersicum (L.) var. cerasiforme Mill.]. Biological Forum – An Internati