Vegetables and fruits form some of the most important components daily nutrition owing to their high mineral vitamin contents which are essential for a balanced diet. This research work was carried out on phytochemicals, proximate trace element content three varieties garden egg Solanum melongena (S. melongena), aethiopicum aethiopicum) macrocarpon macrocarpon). The plants were extracted phytoc...

This study was conducted to investigate the resistance of 4 wild eggplant species (Solanum aethiopium group Aculeatum, S. incanum, macrocarpon, linnaeanum), 3 cultivated varieties (‘Anamur F1’, ‘Pala’, ‘Yamula’), 1 rootstock (KĂśksal F1) and 34 interspecific hybrids Verticillium dahliae Kleb. Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. melongenae. Disease genotypes determined by pathogenicity test. The disease se...

Orthodox seeds may present ditTerences in germination due to severa] reasons. Poor seed germination Iimits the use of different species for culture or p]ant breeding. In this work, we tested treatments for improving germination in two cultivars of common eggplant (Solanum melongena) and in six accessions of the related species S. macrocarpon, S. aethiopicum, and S. incanum. With the exception o...

The grafting of vegetable crops is considered a valuable mean for ensuring the yield and quality under different cultivation conditions. Simultaneously, there are increasing research efforts in exploiting underutilised plants as potential rootstocks vegetables to increase sustainability horticultural systems. In accordance with European Green Deal, application biostimulants fashionable ecologic...

Brinjal eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is an agronomically important nontuberous crop of Solanaceae family, native to southern India, and widely grown in Americas, Europe and Asia. Its close relatives: S. aethiopicum (scarlet eggplant) and S. macrocarpon (Gboma eggplant) are of African origin. Brinjal eggplant is a new vegetable in Poland. Until recently it was grown only in glasshouse conditi...