UN SDG
Horticultural Studies (HortiS)
2009, Vol 26, Num, 1 (Pages: 28-39)
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOME PARAMETERS OF VEGETATIVE AND GENERATIVE DEVELOPMENTS OF PARTHENOCARP AND NON-PARTHENOCARP EGGPLANTS (Solanum melongena L.)
2 Kocaeli Üniversitesi, Arslanbey Meslek Yüksekokulu, KOCAELİ Viewed : 1907 - Downloaded : 949 The relationship between vegetative and generative development parameters of parthenocarp or non-parthenocarp genotypes in eggplant were investigated. Whether they will be used or not as morphological marker for selection at breeding studies were researched. This study was carried out at Vegetable Department of Batı Akdeniz Agricultural Research Institute between 200-2003 years. Plant height (cm), stem diameter (cm), leaf number as vegetatif parameters, pollen viability (%), quantity (number) and germination (%) as generatif parameters were investigated by using 16 genotypes.
The results showed that the responses of parthenocarp or non-parthenocarp genotypes were similar under high air temperature. In the low air temperature conditions, all of the genotypes response were different from each other. They have no correlation between vegetatif parameters and generatif parameters. The results showed us that these parameters were not used as parthenocarpic selection marker at the breeding studies in eggplant.
Keywords : Eggplant, vegetative, generative, parameter, parthenocarpy