Performance of different types of brinjal for their physical fruit parameters and flowering parameters

Abstract

The field experiment was conducted to study the performance of sixteen brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) genotypes in the new orchard of Main Agricultural Research Station, Raichur, during the year 2016-17 in kharif. All these sixteen brinjal genotypes showed significant variation in physical fruit characters and yield characters. Physical parameter viz., weight of fruit, length and Girth of fruit, Shape of fruit and colour of fruit showed notable variation among all the genotypes of brinjal. The genotype Arka Shirish recorded significantly the highest fruit length (18.50cm). However, the genotype R-2581 showed the highest fruit girth (184.75mm). The highest fruit weight was reported by the genotype R-2581 (60.50g). Days to first flowering and minimum days to 50 percent flowering were observed in Swarn Shyamli (42, 56.5 days, respectively).