Evaluation of brinjal (Solanum melongena L) germplasm for yield and shoot and fruit borer resistance under drip fertigation

• Main Author: S. Praneetha
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Indian Society of Plant Breeders 2017-03-01
• Series: Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding
• Subjects: brinjal accessions; shoot and fruit borer infestations; marketable yield
• Online Access: http://ejplantbreeding.org/index.php/EJPB/article/view/1717

An investigation was conducted at the University orchard, Department of Vegetable crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore during the year 2010- 2011 to evaluate the germplasm consisted of 182 accessions along with six check varieties viz., Pusa purple Long, Pusa Shyamala, Pusa Kranti, Punjab Sadabahar (received from National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi) and CO1 and CO2 (released from TNAU, Coimbatore) were taken for evaluation. They were evaluated for their plant, fruit characters along with shoot and fruit borer infestation. The study showed that the accessions viz., IC 354546, IC 112736 and EC 467272 were identified as best performers as they showed favourable characters for earliness to flowering and harvest, number of fruits / plant and yield. Also they recorded lowest level of shoot and fruit borer infestation and high marketable yield.