Melatonin improves drought stress tolerance of tomato by modulating plant growth, root architecture, photosynthesis, and antioxidant defense system

MA Altaf, R Shahid, MX Ren, S Naz, MM Altaf, LU Khan… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tomato is an important vegetable that is highly sensitive to drought (DR) stress which
impairs the development of tomato seedlings. Recently, melatonin (ME) has emerged as a …

Exogenous melatonin improves seedling health index and drought tolerance in tomato

J Liu, W Wang, L Wang, Y Sun - Plant growth regulation, 2015 - Springer
The melatonin molecule is well-known for its benefits to human health. It also mediates
many physiological processes in plants. In the current study, the effects of melatonin on the …

Melatonin in micro-tom tomato: Improved drought tolerance via the regulation of the photosynthetic apparatus, membrane stability, osmoprotectants, and root system

N Mushtaq, S Iqbal, F Hayat, A Raziq, A Ayaz… - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
Environmental variations caused by global climate change significantly affect plant yield and
productivity. Because water scarcity is one of the most significant risks to agriculture's future …

Exogenous melatonin confers drought stress by promoting plant growth, photosynthetic capacity and antioxidant defense system of maize seedlings

S Ahmad, M Kamran, R Ding, X Meng, H Wang… - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
Melatonin is an important biologically active hormone that plays a vital role in plant growth
and development. In particular, it has been investigated for its roles in abiotic stress …

Exogenous melatonin confers drought stress by promoting plant growth, photosynthetic efficiency and antioxidant defense system of pea (Pisum sativum L.)

R Ahmad, AA Alsahli, S Alansi, MA Altaf - Scientia Horticulturae, 2023 - Elsevier
One important environmental condition that negatively impacts plants is drought stress.
Melatonin had the potential to enhance drought tolerance in plants. So, the purpose of this …

Melatonin enhances drought tolerance in rice seedlings by modulating antioxidant systems, osmoregulation, and corresponding gene expression

C Luo, W Min, M Akhtar, X Lu, X Bai, Y Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rice is the third largest food crop in the world, especially in Asia. Its production in various
regions is affected to different degrees by drought stress. Melatonin (MT), a novel growth …

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

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 …

Melatonin influences stomatal behavior, root morphology, cell viability, photosynthetic responses, fruit yield, and fruit quality of tomato plants exposed to salt stress

TA Khan, M Saleem, Q Fariduddin - Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2023 - Springer
Melatonin (Mel) is a multifunctional signaling molecule, quantified in a wide range of higher
plants. It acts as a pleiotropic molecule and is involved in numerous signaling and …

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 …

Ameliorative effect of melatonin improves drought tolerance by regulating growth, photosynthetic traits and leaf ultrastructure of maize seedlings

S Ahmad, I Muhammad, GY Wang, M Zeeshan… - BMC Plant …, 2021 - Springer
Background Melatonin is considered a potential plant growth regulator to enhance the
growth of plants and increase tolerance to various abiotic stresses. Nevertheless …