Brinjal
Brinjal
English name: Brinjal, Egg plant
Scientific name: Solanum melongena L.
Bangla/local name: ‘Begun’
Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1988)
Kingdom :Plantae
Division :Magnoliophyta
Class :Magnoliopsida
Subclass :Asterdae
Order :Solanales
Family :Solanaceae
Genus : Solanum
Species : S. melongena
Fig. Stem Anatomy of Brinjal
Table 1. Variety of Brinjal Developed by BARI, Joydebpur, Bangladesh
| Sl. No. | Name of Variety | Released by | Year of Release | Time of Planting | Yield |
| 1 | BARI Begun -1(Uttara) | HRC | 1985 | Rabi, October | 60-65 t/ha |
| 2 | BARI Begun -2 | HRC | 1992 | Rabi, October | 70-75 t/ha |
| 3 | BARI Begun-3 | HRC | 1992 | Rabi, October | 75-80 t/ha |
| 4 | BARI Begun -4 | HRC | 1998 | Rabi, October | 70-75 t/ha |
| 5 | BARI Begun -5 | HRC | 1998 | Rabi, October | 45-50 t/ha |
| 6 | BARI Begun -6 | HRC | 2006 | Rabi, October | 45-50 t/ha |
| 7 | BARI Begun -7 | HRC | 2006 | Rabi, October | 40-45 t/ha |
| 8 | BARI Begun -8 | HRC | 2007 | Rabi, October | 30-32 t/ha |
| 9 | BARI Begun -9 | HRC | 2009 | Rabi, October | 50-55 t/ha |
| 10 | BARI Begun -10 | HRC | 2009 | Rabi, October | 55 t/ha |
| 11 | BARI Hybrid Brinjal-3 | HRC | 2011 | Rabi, October | 55-60 t/ha |
| 12 | BARI Hybrid Brinjal-4 | HRC | 2011 | Rabi, October | 65-70 t/ha |
| 13 | BARI BT Brinjal -1(Uttara)
| HRC | 2013 | Rabi, October | 55-65 t/ha |
| 14 | BARI BT Brinjal -2 | HRC | 2013 | Rabi, October | 45-50 t/ha |
| 15 | BARI BT Brinjal -3 | HRC | 2013 | Rabi, October | 40-50 t/ha |
| 16 | BARI BT Brinjal -4 | HRC | 2013 | Rabi, October | 45-50 t/ha |