Physiological and biochemical basis for moisture stress tolerance in chickpea under pot study

Water deficit stress is one of the important factors limiting chickpea production in arid and semiarid regions. Water deficit induced b Polyethylene glycol (PEG) affect physiological and biochemical changes in Chickpea. This investigation was undertaken to evaluate morpho-physiological parameters, levels of osmolytes and activities of antioxidative enzymes under PEG 6000 induced osmotic moderate and severe stress in pot. The plants were subjected to two progressive stresses: moderate (-0.4 MPa) and severe stress (-1.2 MPa).