CANAL irrigation introduced for increasing crop production in arid and semi-arid regions also caused a rise in the groundwater table followed by waterlogging and secondary soil salinization. For the reclamation of waterlogged saline soils, the conventional technique is sub-surface drainage which is relatively expensive and generates harmful drainage effluents. A viable alternative of the above technique could be biodrainage, which is pumping of excess soil water by deep-rooted plants using bioenergy. Biodrainage is economical because it requires only initial investment for planting the...