Studies on Growth Characteristics and Quality Traits of Different Variety/ Genotypes of Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.)

The present study was conducted to evaluate 20 variety/ genotypes of brinjal for quality parameters. The sample was collected from vegetable trial field of Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur as well as after grading of the sample and the quality analysis in the laboratory was conducted as per standard procedures in the laboratory of the department of agricultural biochemistry. A significant variation was detected in all traits studies. There was considerable variability among varieties. Among the growth characteristics data on the days to 50% flowering significantly varied from 31.78-40.42, plant height range from 64.05-82.65 cm, no. of branches per plant ranges from 9.0-14.5. Similarly among the quality traits such as ash content ranged from 9.71-11.39%, fat content varied from 0.23- 0.37%, fibre content ranged from 1.29-1.73%.