AKM Quamruzzaman
M. Nazim Uddin
Ferdouse Islam
M. H. Al-Mamun
Eggplant lines, Preliminary yield trial, Marketable fruits,Yield
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur
Variety and Species
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 2013-14. Eleven eggplant lines/ variety viz., SM077A, SM083A, SM083B, SM083D, SM191B, SM204B, SM209, SM221B, SM221D, SM229 and BARI begun 6 (as check) were included in the study. The seeds were sown on the seedbed on September 16, 2013. Thirty days old seedlings were transplanted in the main field on October 15, 2013. The experiment was laid out in RCB design with three replications. The unit plot size was 7.5 x 0.70 m and 10 plants were accommodated in a plot with a plant spacing of 75 cm apart in single row maintaining a row to row distance of 1 m with 30 cm drain. The land was fertilized with cowdung, urea, TSP, MoP, gypsum, zinc and borax @ 10,000, 375, 150, 250, 100, 12 and 10 kg/ha, respectively. One third of the cow-dung and half of TSP and full of gypsum, zinc and borax were applied during final land preparation. Rest of cow-dung and TSP and 1/3 of MoP were applied as basal in pit. One fifth of urea and MoP were applied after 20 days of transplanting. After that, rest of urea and MoP were applied in equal four installments at 20 days interval. The intercultural operations (weeding, irrigation, insecticide spray etc.) were done as and when necessary. Data on days to 1st harvest, days required for harvesting, fruit length (cm), fruit diameter (cm), marketable fruit number/ plant, average fruit weight (g), fruit weight/ plant (kg), yield (t/ha), eggplant fruit and shoot borer (EFSB) infestation (%), plant height at 1st harvest (cm) and plant height at last harvest (cm) were recorded from seven randomly selected plants per entry per replication. The information on different characters was statistically
Research Report on Horticultural Crops 2013-2014 (Olericulture) HRC, BARI, Gazipur
Report/Proceedings