2.4. Fruit growth
Ten fully opened flowers per plant with similar bloom time were tagged on 75 DAS. Number of flowers aborted from each plant was recorded until fruit set. Two fruit per plant (developed from the tagged flowers) were assessed weekly for growth for 5 weeks. Length and diameter of the fruit were measured once a week on the widest equatorial region using adigitalcaliper (MitutoyoCorp., Japan). The fruit volumewas estimated by equatingit to a circumscribed cylinder.