Salinity is one of the most serious stress factors that limit crop
production. It can disrupt the plants’ metabolic functions and can
be easily noticed on the entire plant subsequently leading to
decrease in productivity or even plant death. Osmotic stress and
ionic imbalance derived from salinity can affect major plant
physiological and biochemical processes such as photosynthesis,
protein synthesis and lipid metabolism 1
. Increasing osmotic stress
in plants leads to stomatal closure, resulting in reduction of CO2
availability and photosynthesis, thus increasing the possibility
of reactive oxygen species formation 2
. The immediate response
of Calvin cycle to such condition leads to decrease in carbon
reduction and oxidized NADP