Inventarisation of Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) In Pandeglang District Banten
Mujijah1,a) and Issirep Sumardi2,b)

1(Doctoral Program Biology, Faculty Biology of Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta)
2(Faculty of Biology, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta)

a) Corresponding author: mujijah[at]gmail.com

Abstract

Abstract. Pandeglang is one of the regencies in Banten Province which is famous as an agricultural area that produces various types of agriculture as well as vegetables. Eggplant is one of the Familia Solanaceae^s cultivars, a source of vitamins and minerals (Ansari et al. 2021). Solanaceae grows all over the world (Gunasekar & Kannan. 2018). Has a lot of variation, especially in the fruit depending on the cultivar. The large variety of shapes is very interesting to study, especially in observing morphological characters. Based on the results of research that has been carried out in Pandeglang Regency, Banten, it was found that there were approximately 13 cultivars, namely Ratih purple, Antaboga purple, Mustang, Panjalu, Green Long, Purple Wren, Striped Green Wren, Big Striped Green Wren, Purple Green Wren, Green Wren, Big green Wren, White Wren, Short Purple. Characterization results Based on the morphological characters of the eggplant cultivar, the highest plant size was the long green cultivar + 150 cm, and the shortest cultivar was the large striped green cultivar + 82.5 cm.

Keywords: Cultivar, Eggplant, inventarisation, Characterization, Pandeglang Banten

Topic: Botany