Mungbean pods from 7th day onwards after anthesis contained distinctly two types of seeds- healthy and shrivelled and the number of the later increased with salinity. Analysis of seeds revealed that total soluble sugars (including reducing sugars), proteins, free amino acids and proline was much lower in 7-day- old shrivelled seeds than the healthy ones under both saline and non-saline conditions. Shrivelled seeds further contained lower amounts of Na, K and Cl than healthy seeds. Although Na and Cl content increased with salinity In both healthy and shrivelled seeds, increase in K was evident only in healthy seeds.
