A new assortment of eggplant (Solanum Melongena L.) for growing in poly-tunnels

Abstract

The economic efficiency of eggplant crops in tunnels is generally determined by any technological factors such as: providing seedlings with high biological value, crop establishing at time and proper density, assuring the measures to maintenance at optimum etc. The aim of the research was to determine the suitability of a new eggplant assortment for cultivation in tunnels around of Matca area. The biological material used was represented by three hybrid cultivars: Black Pearl F1 (Enza Zaden), Mirval F1 (Vilmorin) and Valeria F1 (Hazera-Nickerson). The highest yields, early (68.60 t/ha) and total (163.93 t/ha) were achieved by Black Pearl F1 hybrid. The highest number of fruits per plant was obtaine by Valeria hybrid and the highest percentage of early production was achieved by Mirval F1 cultivar