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.
