Melatonin modulates plant tolerance to heavy metal stress: morphological responses to molecular mechanisms

MN Hoque, M Tahjib-Ul-Arif, A Hannan… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Heavy metal toxicity is one of the most devastating abiotic stresses. Heavy metals cause
serious damage to plant growth and productivity, which is a major problem for sustainable …

Melatonin and phytomelatonin: Chemistry, biosynthesis, metabolism, distribution and bioactivity in plants and animals—An overview

G Mannino, C Pernici, G Serio, C Gentile… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Melatonin is a ubiquitous indolamine, largely investigated for its key role in the regulation of
several physiological processes in both animals and plants. In the last century, it was …

Melatonin enhanced the heavy metal-stress tolerance of pepper by mitigating the oxidative damage and reducing the heavy metal accumulation

MA Altaf, Y Hao, H Shu, MA Mumtaz, S Cheng… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metals (HMs), like vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), cadmium (Cd), and nickel (Ni)
toxicity due to anthropogenic, impair plant growth and yield, which is a challenging issue for …

Melatonin-mediated photosynthetic performance of tomato seedlings under high-temperature stress

MS Jahan, S Guo, J Sun, S Shu, Y Wang… - Plant Physiology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Photosynthesis is a fundamental biosynthetic process in plants that can enhance carbon
absorption and increase crop productivity. Heat stress severely inhibits photosynthetic …

Melatonin regulates the functional components of photosynthesis, antioxidant system, gene expression, and metabolic pathways to induce drought resistance in …

A Sharma, J Wang, D Xu, S Tao, S Chong… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Chinese hickory (Carya cathayensis) is an economically important tree species
popular for its nuts. However, the tree requires a long time to reach the nut-producing phase …

Soil amendments and foliar melatonin reduced Pb uptake, and oxidative stress, and improved spinach quality in Pb-contaminated soil

N Iqbal, HS Tanzeem-ul-Haq, V Turan, M Iqbal - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Amending Pb-affected soil with biochar (BH) and magnesium potassium phosphate cement
(MKC) reduces Pb uptake in plants. Moreover, foliar applications of melatonin and proline …

Functions and prospects of melatonin in plant growth, yield, and quality

K Wang, Q Xing, GJ Ahammed… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) is an indole molecule widely found in
animals and plants. It is well known that melatonin improves plant resistance to various …

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) …

Mechanistic insights on melatonin-mediated plant growth regulation and hormonal cross-talk process in solanaceous vegetables

MA Altaf, N Sharma, J Singh, MK Samota… - Scientia …, 2023 - Elsevier
In horticultural crop production, the use of plant growth regulators has become a common
practice for improvement of produce quality and mitigation of abiotic and biotic stresses. In …

Exogenous melatonin alleviates oxidative damages and protects photosystem II in maize seedlings under drought stress

B Huang, YE Chen, YQ Zhao, CB Ding… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The protective role of melatonin in plants against various abiotic stresses have been widely
demonstrated, but poorly explored in organ-specific responses and the transmission of …