Table S1 List of primers used in this study

Primer No. / Primer sequence (5’ to 3’) / Purpose
M1F / GTCTAGAATGTTCATTGAGAATTTTAAG / To clone full length CDS of CaMIPS1 in plant expression vector
M2R / GTCTAGATCACTTGTACTCTAGGATCAT
M3F / GTCTAGAATGTTCATTGAGAGTTTTAAG / To clone full length CDS of CaMIPS2 in plant expression vector
M4R / GTCTAGATCACTTGTATTCCAGAATCAT
M5F / TGAGAATATGTTTGCTGCTGATGTT / Real Time PCR in chickpea for CaMIPS1
M6R / AAAGCACCAACGAGCAAAGAC
M7F / TGGATTGGCTCCTGAGAACAA / Real Time PCR in chickpea for CaMIPS2
M8R / CCCAAATTCCTAACTGAATCGTTAC
M9F / GCCCGCGACGTTGTGA / Real Time PCR in chickpea for Ca18S(Endogenous control)
M10R / CCTTGTTACGACTTCTCCTTCCTCTA
M11F / TTCCACCCTGTTGCTACCATC / Real Time PCR in Arabidopsis for CaMIPS1 in 35S :CaMIPS1 overexpression lines
M12R / GTCTCGAGTCACTTGTACTCTAGGATC
M13F / TTCCACCCTGTTGCTACCATC / Real Time PCR in Arabidopsis for CaMIPS2 in 35S :CaMIPS2 overexpression lines
M14R / GTCTCGAGTCACTTGTACTCTAGGATC
M15F / CTGGCCTGGCAGGAGAAAC / Real Time PCR in Arabidopsis for GUS in Promoter: GUS reporter lines
M16R / CGTATCCACGCCGTATTCG
M17F / TCCTAGTAAGCGCGAGTCATCA / Real Time PCR in Arabidopsis for 18S rRNA as endogenous control
M18R / CGAACACTTCACCGGATCAT
M19R / CTTTCATCAATCTCAAATACTACTAC / To isolate CaMIPS1Promoter through genome walking
M20R / CCAATTGAATCATGGTGAGATACAC / To isolate CaMIPS1 Promoter through genome walking
M21R / CACTCATTACCATATTTTAATGG / To isolate CaMIPS2 Promoter through genome walking
M22R / GACGACAGTAGAACACCGGTGATTC / To isolate CaMIPS2 Promoter through genome walking
M23F / TAAGCTTCCATCTATTTAATTCTTAAC / To clone CaMIPS1 promoter fragment (1Kb) for promoter:GUS fusion construct
M24R / GCTCGAGTTTTTTCCGGAAACCAAATAAC
M25F / TAAGCTTATGACTTATTAATTTAAATAGAG / To clone CaMIPS2 promoter fragment (1Kb) for promoter:GUS fusion construct
M26R / GCTCGAGTTTCGTTACTTGAAGAAAATATA
MM27F / TAAGCTTGGATCACCGTATTGAATCACCGGTG / To clone CaMIPS2 promoter fragment without CRT/DRE element for promoter:GUS fusion construct
MM26R / GCTCGAGTTTCGTTACTTGAAGAAAATATA