Effect of Different Salinity Levels on Fruit and Yield Attributes of Brinjal Varieties Grafted on Solanum torvum

The current experiment was conducted at the College of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani (Maharashtra) during the year 2020 and 2021. The pot experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design (FRBD) which was replicated twice with two factors, i.e., grafts and salinity levels. In grafts, there were four varieties grafted on Solanum torvum i.e., Phule Arjun, Phule Harit, Krishna and Manjari Gota, by adopting cleft method and there were five salinity levels i.e., Control, 2, 3, 4 and 5 dS m -1 which were imposed with the help of sodium chloride (NaCl) salt to assess the response of rootstock towards the fruit and yield attributes under salinity stress conditions. Among the different varieties grafted on Solanum torvum Phule Harit showed significantly superior performance for fruit (fruit weight, volume, diameter and length), yield (fruit yield/plant and hectare). In interactions, Phule Harit grafted on Solanum torvum was found maximum for fruit weight, volume, diameter and length, yield per plant and hectare.