EVALUATION OF NINETEEN BREEDING LINES OF EGGPLANT (SOLANUM MELONGENA) AND DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE OF THE PROGENY (YALO X K3 BC2 P1) TO SPLIT APPLICATION OF NITROGEN FERTILIZER
ABSTRACT The study to evaluate the variability of eggplant (Solanum melongena) cultivars for improved growth, yield performance and the response of a 6th generation progeny (Yalo X K3 Bc2 P1) to split application of nitrogen fertilizer was carried out at the Department of Crop Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka Research and Teaching Farm between September, 2016 and August, 2017. For the field trials, nineteen genotypes (five parents and fourteen progenies) ...
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