Salinity Stress Responses in Three Popular Field Crops Belonging to Fabaceae Family: Current Status and Future Prospect

Salinity stress is a constraint to the world crop production. The crop plants of Fabaceae family are a major source of dietary proteins for the population of third world countries. But salinity stress poses a serious threat in their yield. Several studies have been performed to elucidate the legume salinity stress responses as well as strategies to ameliorate salt stress. Here, in this chapter, we have tried to summarize the salt stress responses in as well as techniques employed to improve yield under salinity stress in three important crop plants of this family focusing on groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.), mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) and blackgram (Vigna mungo L.).