The present investigation has been carried out on Solanum melongena to search out the effect of sugar mill effluent on seed germination, root length, shoot length, fresh biomass, dry biomass, chlorophyll a and b, total chlorophyll and ascorbic acid. In-vivo conditions were set up for the experiment purpose. Pots were filled with soil and mixed with different adsorbent viz; activated charcoal, wood ash and bagasse pith. The seeds of uniform size of test crop were selected and surface sterilized with 0.1% HgCl2. Exposure of different concentrations of sugar mill effluent i.e, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% on morphological parameters of test crop grown in adsorbent mixed soil was assessed. Results of germination studies showed that at 75% concentrations of sugar mill effluent along with application of activated charcoal increased the germination percentage, root length, shoot length, chlorophyll and biomass of the crop. The study suggests that the effluent can be used safely for S. melongena cultivation, only after proper treatment and dilution.
