The purpose of this experiment was to assess the influence of different primary shoot number (i.e. 2, 4, and 6 shoots) per plant on yield and fruit quality of eggplant under V-type training condition. Results indicated that total yield was increased as the number of primary shoots were increased. The best yield was obtained with the treatment of 6 primary shoots, followed by 4, and 2 primary shoots and the corresponding yields were 183.4, 160.0, and 123.1 t/ha, respectively. The effects of shoot numbers on fruit diameter, single fruit weight and fruit coloration were not significant. Based on the total yield and fruit quality, six-shoot V-type training eggplants is recommended.

Key words: eggplant, V-type training, yield, fruit quality.