Thirty accessions of brinjal were collected from diverse source and evaluated during 2016 to assess the performance for yield and quality characters. Among the thirty accessions, maximum plant height (158.8 cm) was observed in Sevathampatti Local. However, the accession Seetipulam Local showed earliness for 50 % flowering (49.3 days) and fruit harvest (61.0 days). The accession Marthandam Local-2 recorded the highest marketable yield per plant (2.64 kg) number of fruits per plant (68.38), fruit yield per plant (3.12 kg) and the lowest shoot (10.0 %) and fruit infestation (15.43 %). The three accessions viz., Marthandam Local -2, Sevathampatti Local and Seetipulam Local were performed superior in growth, yield and yield contributing characters with lesser incidence of shoot and fruit borer. Whereas the accession Seetipulam Local was superior in quality characters with high protein content of 16.8g/mg 100g-1.
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