Physio-biochemical markers

Legumes are an important part of human diet account for about 27% of global primary crop production. Pigeon pea is the world’s sixth most important and second most important legume pulse crop of India after chickpea and mainly cultivated as rain fed crop. Its production is adversely affected due to salinity in arid and semi-arid regions of world. Salt stress reduces water potential, creates imbalance in ion concentration and causes toxicity. Helicases have been shown to play an important role in plants against salt stress.

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