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Diseases caused by P.palmivora   in Brinjal
 
Fruit rot
Root rot
Brinjal
 Kingdom Plantae
DivisionTracheobionta
ClassMagnoliopsida
Order
Family Solanaceae
Sub family
GenusSolanum
SpeciesS.melongena
Binomial NameSolanum melongena

The Eggplant, Aubergine or Brinjal (Solanum melongena) is a species of Solanum, native to southern India and Sri Lanka. It is an annual plant growing 40 - 150 cm tall (16 in - 57 in), often spiny, with large, coarsely lobed leaves 10-20 cm long and 5-10 cm broad. The flowers are white to purple, with a five-lobed corolla and yellow stamens. The fruit is a fleshy berry,


Species infecting Brinjal
P.cactorum
P.hibernails
P.meadii
P.nicotianae
P.palmivora
 
Designed and Developed by: Alias E., Shaji A., M. Anandaraj and S.J. Eapen, Bioinformatics Centre, IISR, Calicut.