The deleterious
effects of salinity on plant growth and photosynthesis are also
associated with oxidative damage resulting from the imbalance
between productions of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and
antioxidant defense (Iturbe-Ormaetxe et al., 1998; Manchanda
and Garg, 2008; Vital et al., 2008). ROS are highly reactive causing
damage to major cellular components (Foyer et al., 1994