A New Excellent Eggplant Hybrid Variety—‘Meiguizihuaqie’
LIN Jian-rong1,CAO Cui-wen1*,LI Lian-fang1,HE Zi-fu2,GUO Shuang1,XIA Xiu-xian1
(1Guangzhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Guangzhou 510308,Guangdong,China;2Institute of Plant Protection,
Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Guangzhou 510640,Guangdong,China)
‘Meiguizihuaqie’ is a new eggplant F1 hybrid bred by crossing inbred line‘ S47A’ as female parent and‘ 9832-1’ as male parent. It is a mid-maturing variety and has strong and even fruit setting ability. Its fruit is of long stick shape,28.8-31.8 cm in length and 4.14-4.36 cm in width. The single fruit weight is 245.0-253.7 g.The pulp is light green in color with compact texture,delicate taste,and special flavor. It has superior commercial character and high commercial value. It can yield about 75 t·hm-2. It is medium resistant to bacterial wilt,strong tolerant to shade,low temperature,water logging and drought. It is suitable to be planted in open fields in south and central China regions.