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Using the seeds of esculentum or Desi and serpentinium or Polyester variety to develop a new variety of brinjal. KalimuddinMondal from the Nadia district in West Bengal has developed a new variety of brinjal that is less susceptible to pest attack and has a higher yield. Mondal used to grow brinjal of two varieties, variety esculentum( Desi) and variety serpentinium or Polyester. Both the varieties were susceptible to attack by (Euzophera perticella) and (Schizoncha spp.) This meant incurring a loss of 30 percent.Three years ago he planted the Desi and Polyester varieties in alternate rows. Two months later, the Polyester variety started producing normal cream coloured cylindrical fruits with thornless stalks. Fifteen days later when Desi variety started flowering, he noticed some Polyester plants producing fruits with thorny stalks.He harvested these separately and after sun drying the seeds, kept them in an airtight bottle. Next year he planted the seeds of the unusual Polyester plants separately. The fruits were long and slightly rounded. The plants were relatively free from pest attack and therefore had a higher yield. The taste was the same as compared to the other two varieties.

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Kalmudin Mondal
Agro-Ecological Zone: Bengal and Assam plains, hot sub humid (moist) to humid (inclusion of per humid) eco-sub region (15.1)
Address:
District: Nadia
State: West Bengal
PIN Code 711247

Crop: Brinjal
Crop Family: Solanaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Solanum melengona)
Crop Vernacular Name: Ringan
Ingredients: The seeds of esculentum or Desi) and serpentinium or Polyester varieties of Brinjal.

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