"Tanglaw" and "Tanyag" - new NSIC-approved UPLB eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) hybrids for commercial cultivation in Luzon

Issue Date

4-2014

Abstract

Two new eggplant F₁ hybrid varieties named "Tanglaw" (NSIC 2013 Eg03H ) and "Tanyag" (NSIC 2013 Eg02H) developed by the Crop Science Cluster-Institute of Plant Breeding, University of the Philippines Los Baños were approved for commercial cultivation in Luzon by the National Seed Industry Council (NSIC) on October 18, 2013. These eggplant F₁ hybrids were evaluated under the National Cooperative Testing for Vegetable during CY 2012-2013. "Tanglaw" and "Tanyag" equalled and surpassed during the WS and DS, respectively, the marketable yield potential of the commercial hybrid check, Morena, The two new hybrids possess purple, elongated, and medium-length fruits (19 cm), flower 2-3 days earlier and have more fruits per kg than the check. The field reactions against sucking arthropod pests were resistant to moderately resistant. The availability of comparable eggplant F₁ hybrids from the public sector could provide eggplant farmers in Luzon a wider selection of good seeds at more affordable prices.

Source or Periodical Title

Philippine Journal of Crop Science

ISSN

0115-463x

Volume

39

Issue

1

Page

67-73

Document Type

Article

Frequency

tri-quarterly

Physical Description

tables, pictures

Language

English

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