A Comparative Study of ESTs Induced under Drought and Salinity Stress in Hyacinth Bean (<i>Lablab purpureus</i>)

Abstract

Abiotic stressors like drought and salinity are major causes for loss of agricultural productivity. Comparison of expressed sesquence tags (ESTs) under different abiotic stresses provides insight into underlying mechanism of stress response, and candidate genes to improve tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses via breading and transgenic methods. In order to identify and compare stress-specific ESTs from drought and salinity stressed Hyacinth Bean, ten days old seedlings were subjected to respective stresses and RNA was extracted from control and stressed leaves for EST identification. 31 and 12 ESTs, respectively, were characterized from leaves of drought and salinity How to cite this paper: Kokila, S.K. and Devaraj, V.R. (2021) A Comparative Study of ESTs Induced under Drought and Salinity Stress in Hyacinth Bean (Lablab purpureus).