Heuer, B., Department of Irrigation and Environmental Physiology, Inst. Soils and Water, Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan, 50250, Israel
Meiri, A., Department of Irrigation and Environmental Physiology, Inst. Soils and Water, Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan, 50250, Israel
Shalevet, J., Department of Irrigation and Environmental Physiology, Inst. Soils and Water, Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan, 50250, Israel

No quantitative information is available regarding the salt tolerance of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.). The present study was conducted over a two-year period in small field plots irrigated by drip, where irrigation frequency was also a variable. The salt tolerance function may be described by the equation Yr=100-6.9 (ECe-1.1), where Yr=relative yield of fruit, ECe=the mean integrated electrical conductivity at the soil saturation extract, 1.1 dS/m=threshold salinity. Salt was distributed reasonably uniformly within the root zone. © 1986 Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.