Effect of NaCl treatment in Solanum lycopersicum L. cultivars from Jharkhand, India

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) L. is an economically valuable vegetable. For the agriculture sector, many farmers grow this vegetable, marginal land with different concentrations of salt and pH end up in below average production. Therefore, the effect of salinity on secondary metabolite and protein expression with different levels of salt (NaCl) treatment in tomato varieties were determined. Two varieties were taken, namely, TM-7328 and NP-5005. These two plants were treated against four different concentrations, i.e. 50, 100, 150 and 200 mM of NaCl and distilled water as a control. For secondary metabolite estimation, plant varieties were grown in a pot with irrigated with NaCl of different concentration. After 25 days of treatment of NaCl and control plants, the phytochemical and protein analysis were done. Further, we used the MALDITOF mass spectrometry to determine the different molecular bands. The protein expression analysis after MALDI-TOF analysis showed that the purity of protein expression in two varieties. Such efficient analysis determined that the best variety for cultivation under stress condition.