TITLE:
Performance of Green Type Eggplant in Relation of Insect and Diseases
AUTHORS:
Akm Quamruzzaman, Ferdouse Islam, M. Nazim Uddin, Mohammad Aziz Zilani Chowdhury
KEYWORDS:
Performance, Green, Eggplant, Yield, Insect and Diseases
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.10 No.1,
January
18,
2019
ABSTRACT: The study was conducted with 18 eggplant
lines/variety at the farm of Olericulture Division, HRC, Bangladesh
Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur during the winter season of 2017-18 to
develop new green type high yielding OP variety having tolerance to eggplant
fruit and shoot borer and bacterial wilt. The lines varied significantly for their response to all characters (P SM 083F required minimum 105
days to first harvest. Maximum marketable fruit number was obtained by SM083A
(30.33). Heavy sized fruit was harvested by SM275 (175 g), followed by SM289
(170 g), SM279 (169 g), SM083E (165 g), SM253 (164 g). The range of fruit
infection by BFSB was 10.33% - 19.007%, while lowest in SM262 (10.33%). In case
of bacterial wilt (BW) infestation at field level performance, zero percent
incidence was observed in SM262, SM275, SM279, SM291B. The yield range of
eggplant lines was 18.62 - 43.36 t/ha. The highest fruit yield was recorded
from the line SM 275 (43.36 t/ha), which was statistically similar with which
was statistically similar with SM 279 (39.85 t/ha), SM 291B (38.59 t/ha),
SM083B (38.42 t/ha), SM 262 (38.17 t/ha), SM 253 (37.43 t/ha). Considering
earliness, tolerance to fruit infection by BFSB, bacterial wilt infestation,
attractive fruit shape and fruit colour, the lines SM 275, SM 279, SM 291B,
SM083B, SM 262, SM 253 were found promising. So these six lines can be selected
for further confirmation.