Agriculture is the largest source of livelihood in India. Even today 70% of the rural households depend primarily on agriculture for their income, with 82% of farmers being small and marginal [1]. In Tamilnadu agriculture continues to be the prime sector of the State economy, around 60 percent of the population is being involved in agriculture. The government has formulated many policies and objectives to ensure stability in agricultural production and to increase the agricultural production in a sustainable manner to meet the food requirement of growing population and also to meet the raw material need of agro based industries thereby providing employment opportunities to the rural population [2].Solanum melongena commonly known as eggplant also known as brinjal. It is highly cosmopolitan and is considered as the poor man’s crop thereby grown in almost all parts of India except higher altitude. 50 local types of brinjal can be collected from several districts of Tamil Nadu. It contains high amount of carbohydrate (6.4%), phosphorus (0.02%) iron (0.0013%), and other mineral material matters [3].
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- 1 2023