Table 2.

Yield attributes of four eggplant cultivars exposed to drought, heat, and drought + heat stresses harvested 40 days after flowering.

Parameter	Treatment	‘Adriatica’	‘Black Beauty’	‘Bonica’	‘Galine’
Fruit number	C	6 ± 1.9 a	6 ± 1.7 a	7 ± 1.6 a	6 ± 0.5 a
	D	2 ± 1.2 b	2 ± 1.3 b	3 ± 1.2 b	3 ± 1.1 b
	H	3 ± 1.5 b	3 ± 1.2 b	5 ± 1.2 b	4 ± 2.3 b
	D + H	1 ± 1.3 c	1 ± 0.9 c	2 ± 1.7 c	2 ± 3.2 c
Fruit weight	C	180 ± 1.2 a	182 ± 1.6 a	210 ± 1.1 a	250 ± 2.8 a
	D	80 ± 3.6 c	79 ± 2.3 c	130 ± 2.2 c	124 ± 3.1 c
	H	150 ± 0.9 b	155 ± 1.9 b	160 ± 2.9 b	180 ± 1.8 b
	D + H	40 ± 3.2 d	38 ± 2.1 d	80 ± 0.8 d	73 ± 2.1 d

The values are means (±standard errors) of four repetitions. Different lowercase letters within each treatment (n = 4) represent significant differences among cultivars, based on Student’s t-test at 5 % level. (C, control; H, heat stress; D, drought stress; H + D, heat + drought stresses).