| dc.contributor.author |
Passam, HC |
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| dc.contributor.author |
Khah, EM |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2014-06-06T06:42:09Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2014-06-06T06:42:09Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
1992 |
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| dc.identifier.issn |
03044238 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/454 |
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| dc.relation.uri |
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-38249007979&partnerID=40&md5=6d5f44a746ed6f2c6a139c4ac22d8406 |
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| dc.subject |
aubergine |
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| dc.subject |
fertility |
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| dc.subject |
flowering |
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| dc.subject |
fruit setting, greenhouse |
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| dc.subject |
Solanum melongena |
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| dc.title |
Flowering, fruit set and fruit and seed development in two cultivars of aubergine (Solanum melongena L.) grown under plastic cover |
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| heal.type |
journalArticle |
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| heal.publicationDate |
1992 |
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| heal.abstract |
Two cultivars of aubergine (Solanum melongena L.) were cultivated in plastic-covered greenhouses over three seasons. Cultivar 'Long Negro' (producing oblong fruits) showed a very high rate of flowering but fruit set was low since most flowers aborted soon after anthesis. Cultivar 'Emi' (producing oval fruits) flowered less profusely, but fruit set was higheer owing to the ability of this cultivar to form fruits parthenocarpically or at a low level of fertilisation. Because fruit set in 'Long Negro' required abundant fertilisation, the seed content of this fruit was invariably high. Maximum fertility of 'Emi' occurred at anthesis 8-13 weeks after planting and fruit set during this time contained the most seed. It is concluded that genotype is an important factor in the regulattion of flowering and fruit set in aubergine, with concomitant implications for fruit and seed production. © 1992. |
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| heal.journalName |
Scientia Horticulturae |
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| dc.identifier.issue |
3-4 |
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| dc.identifier.volume |
51 |
en |
| dc.identifier.spage |
179 |
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| dc.identifier.epage |
185 |
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