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Eggplant shelf life

Solanum melongena L.

Eggplant shelf life is a qualitative characteristic of a cultivar's potential, having no standardized quantitative metrics or normalized units of measurement in agronomy.

In the reference 74 varieties crop Eggplant, where this is mentioned in the description.

For the eggplant crop, the concept of shelf life is descriptive in nature and is primarily evaluated through fruit marketability indicators, such as the presence of mechanical damage, degree of firmness, surface condition, and compliance with technical maturity. Unlike long-storage crops, eggplant shelf life is considered as the ability to maintain quality for short periods after harvest.

The lack of strictly established criteria is due to the fact that eggplant fruits are highly perishable. The main factors reducing the storage potential of the produce are abiotic stresses during the growing season, mineral nutrition conditions, and fruit overripening, which leads to hardening of the flesh, development of bitterness, and rapid loss of commercial appearance.

General information about the subject — on the page Keeping quality.

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Varieties of Eggplant mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.

Caraval

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

Vilmorin-Mikado SAS (FR)

FR
2 records

Romanov

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

Sakata Seed Sudamerica Ltd (BR)

FR
2 records

Gortina

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

Yuksel Tohumculuk Tarim San. ve Tic. Ltd. Sti.

PL
2 records

Yolanda

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V.

NL
3 records

Corvus

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

AGROSEL S.R.L.

RO
3 records

Taurus

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

De Ruiter Seeds B.V.

NL
3 records

Shakira

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

Gautier Semences SAS (FR)

FR
2 records

Rolandia

Terminated

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

GENISTA S.R.L.

IT
2 records

Nawal

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

SAKATA VEGETABLES EUROPE SAS

ES
2 records

Olimpia

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

MERIDIEM SEEDS S.L.

ES
2 records

ABS 8005

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

Nadya Genetics Ltd. (IL)

BG
2 records

Riado

Terminated

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

Gautier Semences SAS (FR)

FR
3 records

Adele

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V.

NL
4 records

Violetta lunga di Romagna 3

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

MINISTERO DELLE POLITICHE AGRICOLE E FORESTALI - DIREZIONE GENERALE DELLE POLITICHE AGRICOLE ED AGROINDUSTRIALI NAZIONALI

IT
2 records

SF 7797

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

SEMILLAS FITO, S.A.

ES
2 records

BB SEG 0741

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

Gebroeders Bakker Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V.

NL
2 records

Purple Queen

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

LA SEMIORTO SEMENTI SRL

IT
2 records

Tirrenia

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

NL
3 records

Sara

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

HU UA
3 records

Jaylo

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

NL
4 records

Manesh

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

HU
2 records

Marcela

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

HU
2 records

Epoca

Active

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

HU
2 records