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The research would include:

- Distribution and soil-water-plant relationship

- Population Biology

       Demography      
       Seed bank dynamics

- Eco-physiology

• Seed germination
• Photosynthesis
• Water relations
  
• Growth and development
• Salt tolerance
  

- Biochemistry

• Oxidative stress
• Enzymes of photosynthesis, oxidative stress etc involved in regulation
  and tolerance to salinity
  

- Molecular Biology

• Proteins for oxidative stress
• Chloroplast DNA, RNA and Proteins
• Gene regulation

Integrate various levels to give comprehensive answers to biological questions.

The ultimate aim is to utilize halophytes as:

• Fodder Crop
• Oil Seeds
• Medicinal Plants
• Biofuel