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A new variety of brinjal |
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Kalimuddin Mondal, a farmer of West Bengal, has developed a new variety of brinjal that he claims is less susceptible to pest attack and has a higher yield. He used to grow brinjal of two varieties, variety esculentum (or Desi, as he calls it) and variety serpentinium (or Polyester). Both the varieties were susceptible to attack by Euzophera Perticella and Schizoncha sp. This meant incurring a loss of 30 percent. Three years ago he planted the Desi and Polyester varieties in alternate rows. Two months later, the Polyester variety started producing normal cream coloured cylindrical fruits with thornless stalks. Fifteen days later when Desi variety started flowering, he noticed some Polyester plants producing fruits with thorny stalks. He harvested these separately and after sun drying the seeds, kept them in an airtight bottle. Next year he planted the seeds of the unusual Polyester plants separately. The fruits were long and slightly rounded. The plants were relatively free from pest attack and therefore had a higher yield. The taste was the same as compared to the other two varieties. |
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Honey Bee, 9(2):10, 1998 |
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Kalimuddin Mondal, Nadia, West Bengal |
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9214 |
