10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 4 Issue 1 2013 (January - March) The effect of cement dust on the growth parameters of brinjal ( lessThan i greaterThan Solanum melongena lessThan /i greaterThan ) was studied. The cement dust (2 g/plant) exhibited both inhibitory and promotory effects on different growth parameters of the lessThan i greaterThan S. melongena. lessThan /i greaterThan The decrease in the number of leaves (37.19 and 62.28%), leaf area (57.93 and 57.26%), root length (48.21 and 56.75%), shoot length (27.27 and 38.98%), plant circumference (31.56 and 54.93%), dry weight of leaves (60.06 and 76.95%), dry weight of plant (56.65 and 85%), root/shoot length ratio (28.54 and 32.19%), specific leaf weight (5.55 and 46.43%) and an increase in specific leaf area (-4.32 and -85.75%) in cement dust treated plants. However, leaf area ratio (3.33%) and leaf weight ratio (7.52%) decreased after 45 days of seedling growth as compared to control. But, after 65 days of seedling growth, leaf weight ratio (-53.66%) and leaf area ratio (-185.42%) were increased as compared to control. ENESPA AND S. K. DWIVEDI Cement dust, air pollution, seedling growth, Solanum melongena. 755-759