Abstract
A study on the performance of thirteen eggplant lines/variety was conducted at the experimental farm of Olericulture Division, HRC, BARI, Gazipur, Bangladesh during the winter season of 20014-15. The line SM083-2 took minimum 97.3 days to first harvest. BARI Begun 10 produced the longest fruit (30.5 cm), while SM083-2 produced maximum diameter fruit (6.43 cm). The line SM058C produced the highest marketable fruit number per plant (25.2), and the lowest (13.58) was produced by SM 203. While the SM203 produced the heaviest fruit (218.5 g). The line SM232 produced significantly the highest yield (49.06 t/ha) closely followed by SM181 (45.78 t/ha), SM203 (39.54 t/ha), SM253 (36.14 t/ha). Minimum infestation by eggplant fruit and shoot borer was observed in SM269A (9.91%) followed by SM83-2 (10.54%). The results of the present study revealed that the lines SM0232, SM181, SM203, SM075, SM217 and SM058C were found promising for earliness, high yield and pest resistance and may be recommended for preliminary yield trial (PYT).
Highlights
Eggplant is the second most important vegetable crop in respect of total acreage (46,566 ha) and production (3,39,800 ton) in Bangladesh with an average yield of 7.30 tons per hectare [1], which is very low as compared to that in other eggplant producing countries
The experiment was conducted at the experimental farm of Olericulture Division, Horticulture Research Centre (HRC), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gazipur during the winter season of 2014-15
Data on days to 1st harvest, days required for harvesting, fruit length, fruit diameter, marketable fruit number/plant, average fruit weight (g), fruit weight/plant, yield (t/ha), eggplant fruit and shoot borer (EFSB) infestation (%), plant height at 1st harvest and plant height at last harvest were recorded from seven randomly selected plants per entry per replication
Summary
Eggplant is the second most important vegetable crop in respect of total acreage (46,566 ha) and production (3,39,800 ton) in Bangladesh with an average yield of 7.30 tons per hectare [1], which is very low as compared to that in other eggplant producing countries. Thirteen eggplant lines/variety viz., SM058C, SM075, SM083-2, SM181, SM203, SM211, SM217, SM232, SM253, SM267, SM268, SM269A and BARI Begun 10 (as check) were included in the study. Rest three installments were applied at vegetative, flowering and initial fruiting stage.
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