Evaluation of Brinjal Genotypes in Salt Affected Soil Conditions of Thiruchirappalli District of Tamil Nadu

Malathi G; S.Anandhakrishnaveni; G.Gomadhi; T.Senthilkumar1

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Publication Date: 2025/01/04

Abstract: Brinjal (Solanum melongena L., 2n=24) is one the most important vegetable crops cultivated in both tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. Brinjal has ayurvedic medicinal properties and white brinjal is good for diabetic patients. A large indigenous biodiversity exists in eggplant with variation in plant type, stem colour, leaf size, leaf tip, midrib colour, fruit size, fruit shape, fruit colour, fruit yield, fruit quality, cooking quality, and tolerance to pests biotic abiotic stresses and there is an urgent need of information on the expression of suitability to abiotic stresses especially to problematic soils. Hence an experiment was carried out at Horticultural College and Research Institute for Women in Thiruchirapalli District of Tamil Nadu with 30 genotypes of brinjal collected from NBPGR and the Department of Vegetables, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. The experiment was conducted in soil with medium EC (0.35 ds/m) and moderately alkaline (pH 8.5), ESP (10.46) and CEC (17.30 cmol(p+)/kg). Average yield in an area of one hectare ranged was 38.77t and it ranged from 58.5 t/ha in SM 5 to 30.2 t/ha in SM14. Therefore, it is evident that a considerable range of variability has been observed under evaluation in problematic soil conditions and hence there a scope for developing a good pureline variety or hybrid suitable for salt affected soil conditions.

Keywords: Brinjal, Gentypes, Evaluation, Salt Affected Soils.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14591326

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