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Regional Yield Trial of Eggplant Hybrids for Summer (2016 – 2017)

AKM Quamruzzaman
Horticulture Research Centre, BARI, Joydebpur, Gazipur-1701

Ferdouse Islam
Horticulture Research Centre, BARI, Joydebpur, Gazipur-1701

M. Nazim Uddin
Horticulture Research Centre, BARI, Joydebpur, Gazipur-1701

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The study on the performance of three advanced eggplant hybrids was conducted at the experimental farm of Olericulture Division, HRC, BARI, Gazipur, Bangladesh during the summer season of 2016 to develop new high yielding hybrids having tolerance to eggplant fruit and shoot borer and bacterial wilt. The hybrid F₁ 1x19 took minimum 95.67 days to first harvest. The highest marketable fruit number per plant (42.20) was obtained in the check variety BARI Hybrid Begun 4 followed by F₁ 1x19 (34.43), while heaviest fruit was obtained from the line F₁ 21x13 (123.13 g) followed by F₁1X5 (107.00 g). The F₁ 1x19produced the longest fruit (24.86 cm), while fruits of maximum diameter was produced by the line F₁ 21x13 (6.00 cm) followed by F₁1X5 (4.30 cm). In case of bacterial wilt infection at field level performance, there was zero percent infection in F₁ 1x19. The highest yield (47.78 t/ha) was produced by BARI Hybrid Begun 3 which was statistically similar with F₁ 1x5 (44.01 t/ha), F₁ 1x19 (44.77 t/ha). Minimum infestation by BFSB was 6.66% was observed in F₁ 1x19 which was followed by F₁ 1x5 (13.72 %). The results of the present study revealed that two hybrids viz., F₁ 1x19, F₁ 1x5 were found promising for earliness, high yield, pest and bacterial wilt tolerance, fruit shape, fruit colour and may be selected for release as new hybrid variety for summer season cultivation.

Keywords: Performances, Summer eggplant, Hybrid, Development

Location: Olericulture Division, Horticulture Research Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur, Bangladesh

Start Date: 00-00-2016

End Date: 00-00-2017

Program Area: Variety and Species

Commodity: Eggplant

Objectives:

To evaluate the performances of selected summer eggplant hybrid lines as well as to develop new high yielding hybrids having tolerance to fruit and shoot borer and bacterial wilt.

Methodology:

The experiment was conducted at the experimental farm of Olericulture Division, Horticulture Research Centre (HRC), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gazipur during the summer season of 2016. Three advanced hybrid lines viz., F₁ 1x5, F₁ 1x19, F₁ 21x13 including check variety BARI Hybrid Begun 3 (as check) were included in the study. The seeds were sown on the seedbed on 15 March 2016. Thirty days old seedlings were transplanted in the main field on 14 April, 2016. The experiment was laid out in RCB design with three replications. The unit plot size was 7.0 x 0.70 m and 10 plants were accommodated in a plot with a plant spacing of 70 cm apart in single row maintaining a row to row distance of 1 m with 30 cm drain. The land was fertilized with cowdung- N-P-K-S-Zn-B @ 10,000-170-50-125-18-4.3-1.70 kg/ha, respectively. One third of the cowdung and half of P and full of S, Zn and B were applied during final land preparation. Rest of cow-dung and P and 1/3 of K were applied as basal in pit. Entire amount of N and rest of K were applied in four equal installment starting from 20 days after transplanting. Rest three installments were applied at vegetative, flowering and fruiting stage. The intercultural operations (weeding, irrigation, insecticide spray etc.) were done as and when necessary. Data on days to first harvest, average fruit weight (g), fruit weight/ plant (kg), fruit length (cm), fruit diameter (cm), plant height at first harvest (cm), plant height at last harvest (cm), fruit yield (t/ha), fruit infestation by BFSB (%), incidence of bacterial wilt, fruit colour, fruit shape were recorded from five randomly selected plants per entry per replication. The information on different quantitative characters was statistically analyzed using MSTAT C software.

Source of Information: Annual Research Report 2016 – 2017, Horticulture Research Centre, BARI, Joydebpur, Gazipur Bangladesh

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Achievement/Findings:

Considering earliness, higher yield, pest tolerance, fruit shape and colour, two hybrids viz., F₁ 1x19 and F₁ 1x5 were found promising, which may be selected for release as new hybrid variety for summer season cultivation.

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