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) …

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 …

Advances, limitations, and prospects of biosensing technology for detecting phytopathogenic bacteria

Q Ali, H Zheng, MJ Rao, M Ali, A Hussain, MH Saleem… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Phytopathogenic bacteria cause severe economic losses in agricultural production
worldwide. The spread rates, severity, and emerging plant bacterial diseases have become …

[HTML][HTML] Phytomelatonin: A key regulator of redox and phytohormones signaling against biotic/abiotic stresses

MSS Khan, S Ahmed, A ul Ikram, F Hannan, MU Yasin… - Redox Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Plants being sessile in nature, are exposed to unwarranted threats as a result of constantly
changing environmental conditions. These adverse factors can have negative impacts on …

Silicon Dioxide Nanoparticles Induce Innate Immune Responses and Activate Antioxidant Machinery in Wheat Against Rhizoctonia solani

AS Abdelrhim, YSA Mazrou, Y Nehela, OO Atallah… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The phytopathogenic basidiomycetous fungus, Rhizoctonia solani, has a wide range of host
plants including members of the family Poaceae, causing damping-off and root rot diseases …

Jasmonate and melatonin act synergistically to potentiate cold tolerance in tomato plants

F Ding, L Ren, F Xie, M Wang, S Zhang - Frontiers in plant science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Both jasmonic acid (JA) and melatonin (MT) have been demonstrated to play positive roles
in cold tolerance, however, whether and how they crosstalk in the cold responses in plants …

Phytomelatonin as a central molecule in plant disease resistance

H Zeng, Y Bai, Y Wei, RJ Reiter… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Melatonin is an essential phytohormone in the regulation of many plant processes, including
during plant development and in response to stress. Pathogen infections cause serious …

Melatonin as a possible natural anti-viral compound in plant biocontrol

J Hernández-Ruiz, M Giraldo-Acosta, A El Mihyaoui… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Melatonin is a multifunctional and ubiquitous molecule. In animals, melatonin is a hormone
that is involved in a wide range of physiological activities and is also an excellent …

Molecular signatures between citrus and Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus

B Hu, MJ Rao, X Deng, SS Pandey, C Hendrich… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening, is one of the most devastating
citrus diseases worldwide. Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (C Las) is the most prevalent …

Benzoic Acid and Its Hydroxylated Derivatives Suppress Early Blight of Tomato (Alternaria solani) via the Induction of Salicylic Acid Biosynthesis and Enzymatic and …

Y Nehela, NA Taha, AA Elzaawely, TD Xuan… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tomato early blight, caused by Alternaria solani, is a destructive foliar fungal disease.
Herein, the potential defensive roles of benzoic acid (BA) and two of its hydroxylated …