Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

The experiment was conducted at Department of Horticulture, VNMKV, Parbhani during the year 2020-2021. The pot experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design which was replicated twice with two factors, i.e., varieties and salinity levels. In varieties, there were 4 brinjal varieties i.e., Phule Arjun, Phule Harit, Krishna and Manjari Gota and there were 5 salinity levels i.e., 0, 2, 3, 4 and 5 dSm^-1 which was imposed with the help of Sodium chloride (NaCl) salt to assess the response of brinjal varieties towards growth, flowering and yield characteristics under various salinity stress conditions. The results revealed that among the varieties, significantly the maximum plant height, stem diameter, leaf area, average fruit length, average fruit diameter, average fruit volume and average fruit weight was observed in Phule Harit whereas, for number of branches, plant spread, number of leaves, early flowering was found in Phule Arjun, in case of number of flowers, number fruits and fruit yield per plant was maximum for Manjri Gota. Phule Harit was proved to be maximum for plant height, stem diameter, leaf area, average fruit length, average fruit diameter, average fruit volume and average fruit weight at 3.00, 4.00 and 5.00 dS m^-1. Phule Arjun was proved to be maximum for number of branches per plant, early flowering at 3.00, 4.00 and 5.00 dS m^-1 but number of leaves found maximum at 3.00 and 4.00 dS m^-1 and plant spread at 3.00 dS m^-1. It was Krishna was proved to be maximum for plant spread at 4.00 and 5.00 dS m^-1 and number of leaves at 5.00 dS m^-1. Manjri Gota was proved to be maximum for number of flowers per plant, number of fruits per plant and fruit yield per plant at 3.00, 4.00 and 5.00 dS m^-1.