II. Round varieties

II. Round varieties
    Pant Rituraj:
  • Semi erect plant. Fruits are round, dark purple in colour. Resistant to bacterial wilt and yields 40t/ha.
    Pusa Purple Round:
  • Fruits are purple in colour and each fruit weighing about 400-500g. It is highly resistant to little leaf virus diseases. Average yield varies from 25 to 30 t/ha.
    Manjri :
  • It is a selection from a local material recommended by the Department of Agriculture, Maharashtra state. The fruits are medium sized, round with purple colour. Average yield 27.5-30 t/ha.
    Krishnanagar Purple Round:
  • The fruits are large sized, round and dark purple in colour. Average yield varies from 250-30 t/ha.
    Punjab Bahar:
  • The fruits are round with deep shining purple colour. The average fruit weighs 200-300g and yield varies from 35-40t /ha.
    Hybrids:
    Pusa Anmol:
  • It is a hybrid cultivar evolved from a cross between Pusa Purple Long and Hyderpur at IARI. It produces early and increased yield of about 80% over Pusa Purple Long.
    Pusa Hybrid-5:
  • Plants vigorous, fruits long, glossy, attractive, dark purple in colour. Fruit weighs about 100g. Average yield is about 52t/ha.
    Pusa Hybrid-6:
  • plants semi erect, vigorous, glossy, attractive purple colour.
    Azad hybrid:
  • Iti is cross between Azad B1 and Kalyanpur-3. Plants semi erect, branched, early fruiting and round, yields about 45 tonnes/ha. Less prone to shoot and fruit borer infestation.
    Hisar Shyamal (H-8):
  • Aushey X BR112. Plants erect, early, round fruits, tolerant to bacterial wilt.
    Arka Navneet:
  • IIHR221XSupreme. Fruits round to slightly oval in shape. Big size (400 to 500g). Yields about 65-75t/ha.
    F1 hybrids:
  • Commercially marketed by IAHS in India are Long 13, Suphal and Round 14. Some of the F1 hybrids released by MAHYCO Seed Company are MHB-1, MHB-9 and MHB-20 (Kalpatharu).
    Vijay hybrid:
  • It has been released from Vegetable Research Station, Kalyanpur. The fruits are long, thick and deep purple in colour. It takes about 102 days for harvesting the edible matured fruit. The average yield is 400 q/ha.
    Pusa Kranti:
  • (Pusa Purple Long X Hyderpur) X WG (Wynad Gaint). It is a medium duration variety, fruits are long, dark purple in colour and bears 35t/ha.
    Pusa Bhairav:
  • PPL X 11a-12-2-1. Fruits are long, purple in colour and bears in clusters. Average yield is 30 tonnes/ha. Resistant to phomopsis blight and fruit rot.
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