Experimental Agriculture

Table of Contents - 1975 - Volume 11, Issue 01  

Research Article

Effects of Low-Temperature Stress on Fertility and Fruiting of Eggplant (Solanum melongena) in a Subtropical Climate*

J. Nothmanna1 and D. Kollera1

a1 Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Agricultural Botany, Rehovot, Israel

Abstract

Low-temperature stress in eggplant during the cool season causes gradual loss of pollen fertility and leads to the development of seedless fruit, but female fertility is not similarly affected. The temperature-induced male sterility is transient, and full pollen fertility is regained with normal seed development, as temperature conditions improve.

(Accepted July 13 1974)

Footnotes

* Contribution from the Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel. 1973 Series, No. 336-E.