Screening against Phomopsis Blight in Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.)

The field experiment was conducted during the autumn-winter season of 2015-16at Vegetable Research Farm, BAU, Sabour, Bhagalpur to evaluate the Screening against Phomopsis blight in Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.).The results indicated that the genotypes was significant for all the 17 characters under study indicated that the genotypes included in the study were genetically diverse and showed considerable amount of variability. The mean sum of square varies 433.79 to1974.53. Hence, there is ample scope for inclusion of promising genotypes in breeding programme for yield and quality characters. At higher inoculum level, the rotting of fruits began on 4thday and reached to maximum on 9th day whereas with inoculum load of 64 and 34 spores per ml, the disease appeared on and after 6 and 8 days of inoculation. Comparative performance of eighteen brinjal cvs. revealed that most of the cvs. showed different pathogen reaction at various stages of phomopsis blight.