Abstract            Volume:13  Issue-6  Year-2025         Original Research Articles

Online ISSN : 2347 - 3215 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcret@gmail.com

The quality of eggplants depends on both storage and cultivation methods. While the impact of storage methods is well documented, the influence of the production system on physico-chemical properties remains little studied. The general objective of this study was to compare the storage properties of Solanum aethiopicum L. var F1 Djamba eggplant from agroecological and conventional farming in Côte d'Ivoire. For this purpose, the vegetables from the two different crops were stored at room temperature and at 18°C. Properties such as firmness, loss rate and mass loss were determined over a 24-day period. Furthermore, the results showed that the firmness of conventional eggplants (5.56±0.385 N) decreased more significantly (p≤0.05) than those from agroecology (10.33±0.577 N). Also, loss rates increased significantly for both conventional and agroecological vegetables. The shelf life for conventional eggplants was 15 days, while for agro-ecological ones it extended to 24 days at room temperature. These results could characterize the impact of cultural type on eggplant characteristics.

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