Heterosis breeding in eggplant: A review

Heterosis (Or hybrid vigor) results in a hybrid’s phenotypic superiority over its founder parents for quantitative and qualitative traits. Hybrid vigor is defined by mechanisms such as dominant complementation, over-dominance, epistasis. Eggplant, originated from India, the most important crop among solanaceous vegetables of world. The improvement work was concentrated several organizations with objective to develop high yielding varieties which are resistant biotic abiotic stresses. During recent past, hybrids have become very popular bringing huge returns farmers. Considering economic nutritional significance eggplant, breeding efforts focus on developing high-yielding mostly F1 These yield potential, good adaptability resistance stress recommended commercial cultivation different agro-climatic conditions. Successful exploitation heterosis eggplant resulted considerable respect In this direction, will be useful beneficial hence review previous line presented.