MODULATION OF MORPHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ATTRIBUTES OF SOLANUM MELONGENA L. (BRINJAL) BY EXOGENOUS APPLICATION OF THIOUREA UNDER SALINITY STRESS

Salinity is a major stress that lowers the plant production globally. The main purpose of present study was to overcome the adverse effects of salinity stress by foliar application of Thiourea. In this experiment Thiourea (0, 500, 1000 mM) was applied on four varieties (Bemissal, Verab, Black Round and Purple Pearl Long) of Brinjal as foliar spray to alleviate the inhibitory effects of salt stress (0mM, 200 mM). There were three replicates for each treatment. Completely Randomized Desig (CRD) was used for this experiment.The morphological and biochemical attributes of Brinjal were noted. The salinity stress caused reduction in plants fresh and dry biomass, photosynthetic pigments, total free amino acids. However, foliar spray of thiourea impoved these growth attributes and activities of antioxidant enzymes i.e POD, SOD& CAT under salt stress.