Assessment of Diversity among Important Brinjal (Solanum melongena) Cultivars Using Morphological Markers

Table 2

Qualitative and quantitative traits for diversity analysis among eggplant varieties.

Morphological characterization
Sr #	Qualitative characters	Quantitative characters
1	Plant branching	Plant height
2	Stem thickness	Leaf length
3	Stem spine/prickles	Leaf width
4	Stem color	Petiole length
5	Stem hairiness	Flower size
6	Leaf lobe	Fruit length
7	Leaf blade color	Fruit width
8	Leaf spine	Fruit weight
9	Petiole color	Seed weight
10	Leaf hairness
11	Flower bud size
12	Flower bud color
13	Flower bud spine
14	Flower size
15	Flower color
16	Fruit color
17	Fruit shape
18	Fruit curvature
19	Fruit brightness
20	Fruit firmness
21	Number of locules in fruit
22	Seed abundance