Abstract：‘Zixian No.1’ is a new eggplant F1 hybrid developed by crossing inbred line ‘16A55’ as female parent and inbred line‘16A60’as male parent．It is of mid-early maturity．The plant has medium growth vigor and is of erect type．The first flower sets on about the 10th node．It takes about 50 days from field planting to first harvesting．Its fruit is of strip shape，about 31 cm in length，and about 5.5 cm in width． The average single fruit weight is 293 g．Its peel is dark purple black in color with good gloss．Its flesh is white-green in color．The VC content is 74.3 mg · kg-1，anthocyanin content is 1.88 mg · kg-1，coarse fibre content is 1.05% in fresh fruit．In fields its resistance to Verticillium wilt is stronger than that of the contrast‘Ziliren’．It can yield about 67.5 t · hm-2．It is suitable for protected cultivation in spring in Liaoning region．
