Agrometeorological Indices Influenced by Varying Planting Windows and Varieties of Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) in Maharashtra, India

An experiment was carried out at the Faculty of Agriculture Department Agricultural Meteorology Farm, Centre for Advanced Meteorology,College Agriculture, Pune during Kharif seasons 2014 and 2015.The laid a split plot design with three replications.The treatment comprised brinjal hybrids viz.,V1:Phule Arjun, V2: Krishna, V3: Panchganaga as main four planting windows viz., P1: 31st MW (30 July-5 August), P2: 32ndMW (6-12August), P3:33rdMW (13-19 August) P4: 34thMW (20-26 subplot treatments. Micrometeorological studies Cumulative GDD, HTU, PTU end each growth stage showed that numerically higher requirement observed in hy.Phule Arjun over hy.Krishna hy.Panchganga both years 2015 experimentation period.Whereas, lowest canopy temperature found (29.0 0C) than rest hybrids. Canopy reflected PAR transmitted (191.54 188.62 µ mol m-2s-1) among Amongst all hybrids, Phule were significantly superior under extended followed by Krishna Panchganga. Planting (1st week to be most suitable optimum considering yield attributes. This window par 32nd window. Linear correlation analysis fruit weather parameters positively correlated maximum minimum temperature.