A New Eggplant Cultivar‘Eqie 9’

doi:10.16420/j.issn.0513-353x.2024-0963

Acta Horticulturae Sinica ›› 2026, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (3): 921-922.doi: 10.16420/j.issn.0513-353x.2024-0963

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A New Eggplant Cultivar‘Eqie 9’

HUANG Shuping, TAN Jie, CHEN Xia, ZHANG Hongyuan, WANG Benqi, WANG Junliang, CHEN Rong, ZHANG Min^*()

Institute of vegetable，Wuhan Academy of Agricultural Science，Wuhan 430345，China

Received:2025-09-08 Revised:2026-01-27 Online:2026-03-25 Published:2026-03-20
Contact: ZHANG Min

Abstract

Abstract:

‘Eqie 9’is a new early-maturing and purple-long eggplant F₁ hybrid，which was developed by crossing inbred line M2ST2-15 as female parent and 96-1 as male parent. The first flower sets on the 9th node.The plant has moderate growth potential. The commodity fruit is long stick shape with smooth and shining black-purple peel，purple calyx with a few thorns，white-green and good quality，170 g in average fruit weight，35-40 cm in length and 3.2-3.8 cm in diameter，good shipping quality. It has high yield，up to 61 525-68 490 kg · hm^-2 in one cultivating season. It has resistance to low temperature and weak light. It is suitable for in early spring protected cultivation and open spring ﬁeld in the Yangtze River Valley and other areas with similar climate.

Key words: eggplant, early maturing, cultivar

HUANG Shuping, TAN Jie, CHEN Xia, ZHANG Hongyuan, WANG Benqi, WANG Junliang, CHEN Rong, ZHANG Min. A New Eggplant Cultivar‘Eqie 9’[J]. Acta Horticulturae Sinica, 2026, 53(3): 921-922.

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