India: Tomatoes and eggplants on the same bush - what is brimato?

Published 2021년 10월 18일

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Researchers at the Indian Vegetable Research Institute in Varanasi have developed a method to breed eggplants and tomatoes on the same plant, yielding up to 2.3 kg of tomatoes and 2.64 kg of eggplants per plant. The grafting method, which takes 18 days, involves grafting an eggplant plant with a tomato plant when they are at a certain age, and keeping the plant in a controlled environment until it is ready for transplanting. The scientists plan to expand the large-scale cultivation of this novelty plant, known as brimato, and are experimenting with grafting other vegetables. Each brimato plant can grow in a small area and produce both vegetables in 60-70 days.

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Agricultural scientists from the Indian Vegetable Research Institute in Varanasi have successfully bred brimato (brimato - brinjal (eggplant) and tomato (tomato), a plant that grows eggplants and tomatoes. Each plant yields up to 2.3 kg of tomatoes and 2.64 kg of eggplant There are already plans for large-scale cultivation of the novelty. Scientists at the Indian Institute for Vegetable Research (IIVR), Varanasi, and a division of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) have developed a grafting method that allows two vegetables to grow on the same plant. “The grafting of tomatoes and eggplants was successful. They are both from the same family, although they have different characteristics, ”Anant Bahadur, chief scientist at IIVR, told Gaon Connection. Scientists have been working on this new grafting method for a while, Bahadur said, and brimato - a combination of eggplant and tomato - had the greatest success. Read also: Italian breeders have introduced a new variety ...

Source: Eastfruit