INTRODUCTIONSalinity stress reduces the plant growth productivity and efficiency of crops around the world (Machado & Serralheiro, 2017) and affects more than 800 million ha of land in the world which is equal to 6% of the whole world (FAO, 2011). Crops grown on salt affected areas undergo high osmotic stress, ionic toxicities, poor physical conditions of soil and decreased production (Shrivastava & Kumar, 2015). Salinity is one of the major environmental issue influencing plant development and efficiency (Ahanger et al., 2017;Allakhverdiev, Sakamoto, Nishiyama, & Murata, 2000). It has been estimated that in salinity stressed soils, the concentration of Na + and Clis higher accompanied with the decreased concentration of K + and K + : Na + ratio thus adversely affecting the plant growth (Saqib, Akhtar, & Qureshi, 2004). Salt stress affects plant
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