THESIS

Table 13 Intra- and interspecific crossability of Solanum melongena accessions
(S00022, S00388, S00625 and S00809) with S. torvum (S00429).
Cross combinations No.
pollinated
flowers
S. melongena and S. melongena
No.
fruit set
%
Fruit
setting
No. of
seed per
fruit
No. of
plants
obtained
S00022 x S00022 49 25 51.0 906.4 8
S00022 x S00388 27 23 85.2 935.4 8
S00022 x S00625 53 43 81.1 812.2 8
S00022 x S00809 26 25 96.2 1,021.2 8
S00388 x S00022 41 22 53.7 1,140.1 8
S00388 x S00388 14 5 35.7 1,855.0 8
S00388 x S00625 26 11 42.3 1,338.4 8
S00388 x S00809 26 13 50.0 1,724.5 8
S00625 x S00022 35 16 45.7 1,438.5 8
S00625 x S00388 23 9 39.1 1,704.7 8
S00625 x S00625 28 14 50.0 1,213.8 8
S00625 x S00809 13 6 46.2 1,676.5 8
S00809 x S00022 39 33 84.6 869.7 8
S00809 x S00388 31 27 87.1 1,579.4 8
S00809 x S00625 37 30 81.1 1,020.5 8
S00809 x S00809 22 22 100.0 1,365.0 8
S. melongena and S. torvum
S00022 x S00429 50 36 72.0 487.3 -
S00388 x S00429 70 0 0.0 - -
S00625 x S00429 50 2 4.0 294.5 8
S00809 x S00429 50 9 18.0 2.6 3
S00429 x S00022 40 0 0.0 - -
S00429 x S00388 50 0 0.0 - -
S00429 x S00625 50 0 0.0 - -
S00429 x S00809 64 0 0.0 - -
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