Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Scope, Importance and Production Scenario of Solanum melongena L.
(Asmita and Abdul Majid Ansari – Department of Horticulture, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, et al.)
Chapter 2. Botanical Classification, Taxonomy and Floral Biology of Solanum melongena L.
(A. Ramesh Kumar, S. Srivignesh, and K. Vijayalakshmi – Department of Horticulture, School of Life Sciences Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, T. N., India)
Chapter 3. Mineral Composition, Nutritional Values and Common Uses of Solanum melongena L.
(Maidul Islam, Hasina Najnin, Jemima Sultana and Nisat Alam – Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, et al.)
Chapter 4. Medicinal Importance, Values for Human Health and Economic Importance of Solanum melongena L.
(Mariya Ali and Ambreen Bano – Department of Bioengineering, Integral University, Lucknow, India, et al.)
Chapter 5. Culinary Use of Solanum melongena L. in India and Other Parts of the World
(Rekha Sinha and Bindu Sharma – Department of Community Science, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India)
Chapter 6. High Yielding Varieties of Solanum melongena L. and Their Yield Potential
(A. Ramesh Kumar, S. Srivignesh, K. Vijayalakshmi and S. Manivannan – Department of Horticulture, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, TN, India)
Chapter 7. Integrated Nutrient Management in Solanum melongena L.
(Tamanna Perween, Sayma Parween, Shuvadeep Halder and Abdul Majid Ansari – Department of Fruit Science, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India, et al.)
Chapter 8. Water Management in Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) Cultivation
(Tamanna Perween and Abdul Majid Ansari – Department of Fruit Science, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India, et al.)
Chapter 9. Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Solanum melongena L.
(Sudip Sarkar and Suraj Mali – ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, India, et al.)
Chapter 10. Recent Advances in Biotic and Abiotic Stresses of Solanum melongena L.
(Anmol Gupta, Ambreen Bano, Niharika Pandey, Smita Rai, Swati Sharma and Neelam Pathak – Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Science, IIRC-3, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Molecular Immunology Laboratory, Integral University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, et al.)
Chapter 11. Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.): Status and Strategies
(M. Prakash and S. Ramesh Kumar – Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, et al.)
Chapter 12. Diseases of Solanum melongena L. and their Management
(Anshu Kumar and Nishar Akhtar – Department of Plant Pathology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India, et al.)
Chapter 13. System-Based Approach for the Management of Soil-Borne Diseases in Brinjal
(Bhagyashree Khamari, Amlan Rath, Rakesh Roshan Satapathy and Sukanya Gogoi – Department of Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, et al.)
Chapter 14. Integrated Disease Management in Solanum melongena L.
(Nishar Akhtar, Shahina Perween Anshu Kumar and Abdul Majid Ansari – Department of Plant Pathology, Agriculture College Garhwa, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, et al.)
Chapter 15. Life Cycle of Important Insect-Pest of Eggplant and their Management Practices
(N. Ponnusamy, V. Prithiv Raj, B. Sujatha and C. Ravivarman – Department of Agricultural Entomology, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Bihar, India, et al.)
Chapter 16. Management of Important Insect-Pest of Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)
(Sudhanshu Bala Nayak, K. Sankara Rao and S. Mekala – Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM), Paralakhemundi, Odisha, India, et al.)
Chapter 17. Root-Knot Nematodes: A Threat to Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) Cultivation and its Eco-friendly Management
(Zakaullah Khan, Bharat H. Gawade, V. Celia Chalam and Abdul Majid Ansari – ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India, et al.)
Chapter 18. Integrated Phytoparasitic Nematodes Management in Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)
(Rashid Pervez, Rajkumar, and Wajid Hasan – Division of Nematology, ICAR – Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India, et al.)
Chapter 19. Biotechnological Interventions in Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)
(B. Priyadharshini, S. Manikandan, R. Anandan, and M. Prakash – Assistant Professor, JSA College of Agriculture and Technology, Ma. Pudaiyur, et al.)
Chapter 20. Use of BT-Gene in the Solanum melongena L. and its Biological and Social Consequences (Wahid ul Hasan, Anshu Kumar and Nishar Akhtar – Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India, et al.)
Chapter 21. Exploring Socio-economic and Biological Issues in Adoption of Bt-Brinjal in India
(Alok K. Sahoo, Bhagirath Das and R. N. Padaria – Division of Agricultural Extension, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, India)
Chapter 22. Post-Harvest Management of the Produce of Solanum melongena L.
(Ambreen Bano, Mariya Ali, Anmol Gupta, Smita Rai, Swati Sharma and Neelam Pathak – Department of Biosciences, Integral University, Lucknow, UP, India, et al.)
Chapter 23. Processing and Value Addition of Solanum melongena L. Fruits
(Arghya Mani, Nityamanjari Mishra, Arun Kumar Tiwary and Abdul Majid Ansari – Department of Horticulture, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India, et al.)
Chapter 24. Recent Advances in the Hybrid Seed Production of Solanum melongena L.
(K. V. Manjunath, Sibsankar Das and Sarthak Bhattacharya – Department of Vegetable Science, Faculty of Horticulture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viwavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India, et al.)
Chapter 25. Advances in the Breeding of Eggplant Against Bacterial Wilt
(Y. Linthoingambi Devi – Department of Genetics and Plant breeding, College of Agriculture, IGKV, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India)
Chapter 26. Mutation Breeding in Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)
(M. Prakash and B. Sunil Kumar – Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu, India)
Index
Editor’s ORCID iD
Abdul Majid Ansari – https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6841-1226
Wajid Hasan – https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0262-6579
M. Prakash – https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1949-3912
