An investigation was carried out to study the interfamily variability for nine different growth and yield parameters from the cross Green Long x IIHR-3 with ten pre-breeding lines of F4 generation of green long eggplant. Low PCV and GCV were recorded for plant height, days to 50 per cent flowering, fruit length and fruit breadth. | Evaluation of green long pre-breeding lines in egg plant (Solanum melongena L.) forbacterial wilt disease resistant