Figure 1.

Response of tomato cv, Pusa Ruby plants to salinity stress (250 mM NaCl) and salicylic acid (100 µM SA) treatments as compared to control (H₂O) at 45 and 90 DAS (a-b). The endogenous transcript levels of ACS2, NHX1, sos1 and HKT1;2 (c-f), ACC synthase enzyme activity (pmol ACC mg protein⁻¹ h⁻¹) (g) and ethylene content (pmol g⁻¹ FW min⁻²) (h) in treated and untreated tomato cv, Pusa Ruby plants at 45 DAS as compared to control (H₂O)