Phytomelatonin: an unexpected molecule with amazing performances in plants

MB Arnao, A Cano… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Phytomelatonin, a multifunctional molecule that has been found to be present in all plants
examined to date, has an important role in plants as a modulatory agent (a biostimulator) …

[HTML][HTML] Using exogenous melatonin, glutathione, proline, and glycine betaine treatments to combat abiotic stresses in crops

M Khalid, HM Rehman, N Ahmed, S Nawaz… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Abiotic stresses, such as drought, salinity, heat, cold, and heavy metals, are associated with
global climate change and hamper plant growth and development, affecting crop yields and …

Functions of melatonin during postharvest of horticultural crops

MS Aghdam, S Mukherjee, FB Flores… - Plant and Cell …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Melatonin, a tryptophan-derived molecule, is endogenously generated in animal, plant,
fungal and prokaryotic cells. Given its antioxidant properties, it is involved in a myriad of …

[HTML][HTML] Melatonin and abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants

R Colombage, MB Singh, PL Bhalla - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Increasing food demand by the growing human population and declining crop productivity
due to climate change affect global food security. To meet the challenges, developing …

[HTML][HTML] Melatonin as a Foliar Application and Adaptation in Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) Crops under Drought Stress

S Yasmeen, A Wahab, MH Saleem, B Ali, KA Qureshi… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Here, we grow two different varieties of lentil (lentil-2009 and lentil-93) under different
drought levels and with different applications of melatonin. Increasing the levels of soil water …

[HTML][HTML] Melatonin ameliorates thermotolerance in soybean seedling through balancing redox homeostasis and modulating antioxidant defense, phytohormones and …

M Imran, M Aaqil Khan, R Shahzad, S Bilal, M Khan… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Global warming is impacting the growth and development of economically important but
sensitive crops, such as soybean (Glycine max L.). Using pleiotropic signaling molecules …

Melatonin alleviates arsenic (As) toxicity in rice plants via modulating antioxidant defense system and secondary metabolites and reducing oxidative stress

R Jan, S Asif, S Asaf, XX Du, JR Park, K Nari… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Arsenic (As) load on the environment has increased immensely due to large-
scale industrial and agricultural uses of As in several synthetic products, such as fertilizers …

[HTML][HTML] Melatonin mitigates drought induced oxidative stress in potato plants through modulation of osmolytes, sugar metabolism, ABA homeostasis and antioxidant …

AA El-Yazied, MFM Ibrahim, MAR Ibrahim, IN Nasef… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The effect of melatonin (MT) on potato plants under drought stress is still unclear in the
available literature. Here, we studied the effect of MT as a foliar application at 0, 0.05, 0.1 …

[HTML][HTML] Crosstalk between melatonin and reactive oxygen species in plant abiotic stress responses: an update

Q Gu, Q Xiao, Z Chen, Y Han - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Melatonin acts as a multifunctional molecule that takes part in various physiological
processes, especially in the protection against abiotic stresses, such as salinity, drought …

[HTML][HTML] Melatonin alleviates copper toxicity via improving ROS metabolism and antioxidant defense response in tomato seedlings

T Zhang, Y Wang, X Ma, Z Ouyang, L Deng, S Shen… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The excessive accumulation of copper (Cu2+) has become a threat to worldwide crop
production. Recently, it was revealed that melatonin (MT) could play a crucial role against …