Seedling and cutting trial of eggplant brinjal

The present work, concerns the comparative study of sowing and cutting of Solanum melongena L. (brinjal eggplant) on fruit production. The objective of this work is to evaluate the effects of cuttings on growth and fruit production in comparison with the growth and production of plants from seed. Two treatments plus a control: T0 (plants from seeds), T1 (plants from cuttings) and T2 (plants from non-augmented cuttings) were used with 15 plants per treatment. The results obtained show that there was no significant difference between the plants from cuttings and those from seeds on the number of flowers per plant, the number of fruits per plant, the average fruit length and the average fruit diameter. Plants from cuttings showed earliness compared to those from seeds.