Seeds of three promising genotypes of chickpea viz. ICCV 88102, H 82-2 and C-23S differed in accumulation of soluble sugars and starch. Salinity treatment applied at germination (stage I) and 75 days after sowing (stage II). neither shifted the period of accumulation of ethanol soluble sugars nor favoured their increase over control. It lowered the starch content of seeds but accumulation was completed a little earlier when high salinity was applied at stage II rather than at stage I. Salinity also caused an accumulation of Na and Cl in seeds but did not affect K content The relevance of unchanged K level with respect to carbohydrate metabolsim in seeds is discussed.
