Kumara Pillai, PViswanathan, T VKAU2020-05-272020-05-271967http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810146567PGThe present investigation was carried out in the Agricultural Botany division of the Agricultural College and Research Institute, Vellayani during the year 1966-1967. A detailed study on the first generation hybrids of eight crosses involving 5 parental varieties of brinjal viz. Muktakeshi, White long, Pusa purple long, Purple long Dutta, Banaras giant were made on 11 characters.enThesis