The experimental material comprised of 13 cultivated S. melon-gena L. genotypes and four wild species , maintained at the Division of Vegetable Science, Indian Agriculture Research Institute,New Delhi, India. Many of the S. melongena genotypes are commercially grown in different parts of India. The cultivars or elite eggplant lines were selected based on their fruit size, colour, shape and cluster bearing behaviour. The cultivated genotypes and four wild species were selfed for three generations before being used inthe present study. A standard package of practices was followed forraising the crops during rainy season.