EFFECT OF POLLINATION TIME AND CROSSING RATIO ON SEED YIELD AND QUALITY OF BRINJAL HYBRID UNDER DHARWAD REGION OF KARNATAKA

摘要

The field experiment was conducted during kharif 2003 and 2004 at College of Agriculture, Dharwad. The results revealed mat pollination at 9:00 am recorded significantly highest germination, root length, shoot length, vigour index and seedling dry weight followed by pollination at 11.00 am compared to 1:00pm pollination time. Irrespective of the pollination time, 4:1 crossing ratio recorded significantly maximum germination percentage, root length, shoot length, vigour index and seedling dry weight as compared to the 10:1 crossing ratio.