Abstract:
The production of eggplant is reduced due to climate change induced by major abiotic
stresses like drought and waterlogging. So, the objective of this study is to explore the
influences of drought and waterlogging conditions on morphological, physiological and
yield attributes of the eggplant. The experiment was laid out by two factors Randomized
Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications and comprised of three eggplant
varieties with three treatment combinations Control (T
1
), Drought (T
2
) and Waterlogging
(T
3
). From the results it was found that both drought and waterlogging have affected
significantly and reduced the morphological, physiological and yield of eggplant. BARI
Begun-5 has been affected more with the treatments, whereas the Purple King showed the
reverse trend. It was found that purple king revealed higher plant height (36.52 cm at 65
DAT), leaf number (35), SPAD value (57.4 SPAD value at 67 DAT) and fruit yield (1.48
Kg per pot) under control condition than in drought and waterlogging condition.
Therefore, Purple King variety performed best both in drought and waterlogging
condition.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
AGROFORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
