Table 2 Descriptive statistics of measured traits of Solanum melongena L.
Traits | Mean | Std.Dev. | CV | Minimum | Maximum | Skewness | Kurtosis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plant height (cm) at peak fruiting stage | 78.92 | 18.05 | 7.21 | 52.60 | 148.00 | 1.65 | 3.77** |
Plant height at final harvest (cm) | 91.98 | 19.09 | 7.31 | 65.68 | 161.44 | 1.43* | 2.57 |
Plant spread (cm) | 81.72 | 10.66 | 5.22 | 61.40 | 126.95 | 1.78 | 6.13* |
Primary branches plant–1 | 4.35 | 0.68 | 10.17 | 2.40 | 5.70 | -0.49 | 0.47 |
Leaf petiole length (cm) | 6.62 | 1.30 | 6.69 | 4.65 | 10.83 | 1.32** | 2.01 |
Leaf blade length (cm) | 15.93 | 1.64 | 4.70 | 12.00 | 20.70 | 0.18 | 0.60 |
Leaf blade width (cm) | 11.07 | 1.42 | 6.62 | 8.80 | 15.90 | 0.88* | 1.36* |
Days to 1st flowering | 52.00 | 4.78 | 5.72 | 42.50 | 64.30 | -0.21 | -0.19 |
Days to 50% flowering | 61.44 | 3.62 | 3.78 | 51.10 | 71.90 | -0.19 | 2.03 |
Flowers cluster-1 | 3.82 | 0.91 | 9.68 | 2.28 | 6.16 | 0.50 | 0.35 |
Fruit pedicel length (cm) | 5.21 | 1.02 | 4.07 | 3.41 | 9.12 | 1.02 | 2.89* |
Fruit length (cm) | 12.82 | 2.74 | 3.06 | 7.41 | 21.10 | 0.78 | 0.76 |
Fruit breadth (cm) | 17.28 | 4.86 | 6.61 | 9.67 | 31.40 | 0.96 | 0.48 |
Average fruit weight (g) | 96.08 | 33.63 | 8.37 | 50.85 | 233.97 | 1.96* | 5.21* |
Fruits plant–1 | 19.82 | 7.65 | 9.65 | 5.88 | 40.59 | 0.52 | 0.02 |
100 seed weight (g) | 0.39 | 0.06 | 3.11 | 0.28 | 0.56 | 0.57 | -0.10 |
Bacterial wilt % at 90 DAT | 6.65 | 7.66 | 22.33 | 0.00 | 37.50 | 1.78 | 4.56 |
Total marketable fruit yield plant–1 (g) | 905.65 | 438.80 | 9.72 | 380.71 | 2720.42 | 1.81 | 4.73 |
Total unmarketable fruit yield plant–1 (g) | 735.41 | 286.01 | 10.16 | 181.74 | 1246.20 | -0.05 | -0.86 |
Total fruit yield plant–1 (g) | 1641.07 | 437.60 | 9.35 | 865.80 | 3045.70 | 0.78 | 1.34 |
