Role of melatonin in plant tolerance to soil stressors: salinity, pH and heavy metals

M Moustafa-Farag, A Elkelish, M Dafea, M Khan… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Melatonin (MT) is a pleiotropic molecule with diverse and numerous actions both in plants
and animals. In plants, MT acts as an excellent promotor of tolerance against abiotic stress …

Molecular functions of nitric oxide and its potential applications in horticultural crops

C Sun, Y Zhang, L Liu, X Liu, B Li, C Jin… - Horticulture …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Nitric oxide (NO) regulates plant growth, enhances nutrient uptake, and activates disease
and stress tolerance mechanisms in most plants, making NO a potential tool for use in …

Synergistic effects of Rhizobacteria and salicylic acid on maize salt-stress tolerance

Q Ali, M Ahmad, M Kamran, S Ashraf, M Shabaan… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a salt-sensitive plant that experiences stunted growth and
development during early seedling stages under salt stress. Salicylic acid (SA) is a major …

Protective role of exogenously supplied salicylic acid and PGPB (Stenotrophomonas sp.) on spinach and soybean cultivars grown under salt stress

B Nigam, RS Dubey, D Rathore - Scientia Horticulturae, 2022 - Elsevier
Managing sustainable crop production under escalating soil salinity will be a great
challenge in coming years. Exogenous application of protectants has been recognized to …

Salicylic acid stimulates antioxidant defense and osmolyte metabolism to alleviate oxidative stress in watermelons under excess boron

M Moustafa-Farag, HI Mohamed, A Mahmoud… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Boron (B) is a microelement required in vascular plants at a high concentration that
produces excess boron and toxicity in many crops. B stress occurs widely and limits plant …

Alleviation of boron toxicity in plants: Mechanisms and approaches

T Hua, R Zhang, H Sun, C Liu - Critical Reviews in Environmental …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Boron (B) is an essential element for higher plants, while it becomes toxic when present in
excessive concentrations. Many approaches have been developed to alleviate B toxicity in …

Exogenous Sodium Nitroprusside Mitigates Salt Stress in Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) by Affecting the Growth, Yield, and Biochemical Properties

TA Yasir, A Khan, M Skalicky, A Wasaya, MIA Rehmani… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Soil salinity disrupts the physiological and biochemical processes of crop plants and
ultimately leads to compromising future food security. Sodium nitroprusside (SNP), a …

Boron toxicity in plants: Understanding mechanisms and developing coping strategies; a review

S Zhao, ME Huq, S Fahad, M Kamran, M Riaz - Plant Cell Reports, 2024 - Springer
Key message Boron is essential for plants, but excess can induce toxicity. Abstract Boron (B)
is a vital micronutrient for plants, but excess B can induce toxicity symptoms and reduce crop …

Salicylic acid-mediated alleviation of soil boron toxicity in Mentha arvensis and Cymbopogon flexuosus: Growth, antioxidant responses, essential oil contents and …

S Choudhary, A Zehra, M Mukarram, KI Wani… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Boron (B) toxicity is a notable abiotic hindrance that restricts crop productivity by disturbing
several physiological and biochemical processes in plants. This study was aimed to …

Supplementation of nitric oxide and spermidine alleviates the nickel stress-induced damage to growth, chlorophyll metabolism, and photosynthesis by upregulating …

C Qin, J Shen, MA Ahanger - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Experiments were conducted to evaluate the role of exogenously applied nitric oxide (NO;
50 µM) and spermidine (Spd; 100 µM) in alleviating the damaging effects of Ni (1 mM …