Effect of salt stress on growth, carbohydrate and proline content of two finger millet varieties

Abstract

Growth, sugar, reducing sugar, non-reducing sugar were decreased, while starch and proline content increase in two finger millet varieties GPU-28 and Intaf-5 under salinity stress. However, Intaf-5 maintained higher contents of carbohydrates as well as proline during the adverse effect of salinity stress, which leads better growth.