Stick green eggplant

Stick green eggplant is a new variety of long green eggplant with high yield, high quality and disease resistance, which is bred by Zheng Fan, a researcher at the Institute of Horticulture, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences. it is favored by producers, distributors and expenders. This variety has been approved for development and promotion by experts organized by Liaoning seed Bureau in August 2001.

The variety is erect, with strong plant growth, luxuriant stems and leaves, plant height of 75 cm and development degree of 76 cm. The stem and leaf veins are green, the leaf is hypertrophic, and the leaf margin is wavy. Purple flowers. The fruit is long rod-shaped, 20 cm longitudinally and 5.5 cm in transverse diameter. The pericarp is oily green, glossy and the fruit apex is slightly pointed. The flesh is white, soft and tender, sweet and of high quality, and the single fruit weighs 250 grams. It has strong resistance to diseases such as Verticillium wilt and cotton blight. The period from sowing to commercial fruit harvest is about 112 days, which belongs to the mid-early maturing variety.

The yield performance according to the experiment shows that its high yield and stability are good, with an average output of 667 square meters as high as 5000 kg, which is 34.5% and 44.9% higher than that of its father and mother, respectively. Due to the early listing time and good commodity characters, the price is high. The wholesale price on the early market is 1.10 yuan per kilogram, 1.2 times higher than that of ordinary varieties, and the economic benefit is considerable.

The key points of cultivation should choose the land with water and fertilizer conservation, fertile soil, flat terrain and convenient drainage and irrigation, which is generally not suitable for continuous cropping or stubble cultivation. About 3000 seedlings are preserved every 667m2. Before planting, 5000 kg of high-quality farm manure and 20 kg of diammonium phosphate should be used as base fertilizer. During the growth period, topdressing, irrigation, spraying and weeding should be done in time, and attention should be paid to drainage and waterlogging prevention during the rainy season.

In the suitable area, rod-green eggplant has strong adaptability, and it can be used for open field cultivation or protected field cultivation in most parts of our country. At present, 66.7 hectares of land have been tested and demonstrated in various places, and all of them have performed well.