Vol. 11, Issue 1 (2022)

Author(s):
Pooja Sahu, Saurabh, Manjula Mandloi and RK Jaiswal

Abstract:
The present investigation entitled “Evaluation of different varieties of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) for growth, yield and economics attributing characters” was carried out during Rabi season of 2020 at Horticulture Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, R.A.K. College of Agriculture, Sehore (M.P.). The results indicated that growth in terms of plant height (80.27 cm), number of branches plant^-1 (20.20), number of leaves plant^-1 (70.13), leaf area plant^-1 (14738.33 cm²), leaf area index (5.45) were found maximum in the variety Kashi Taru whereas, stem girth (4.67 cm), days to first flowering (38.39 days) and days to 50% flowering (46.55 days) were found maximum in variety Kavya. In the respect of yield contributing characters i.e. days to first fruit harvesting (56.43 days), fruit length (36.92 cm), fruit shape index (2.11), pedicel length (6.57 cm) were found maximum in variety Niranjan Baigan and average fruit weight (125.63g), number of fruits plant^-1 (28.17), fruit yield plant^-1 (2.37 kg plant^-1), fruit yield plot^-1 (39.02 kg), fruit yield hectare^-1 (60.62 t) and economics analysis; gross income (3,03,100₹/ha), net income (2,40,972₹/ha), benefit cost ratio (3.87) were found maximum in the variety Kashi Taru, while the variety V₁₂ Sehore Selection-12 showed minimum least response in terms of growth, yield and economics of brinjal.