Melatonin enhances drought stress tolerance in maize through coordinated regulation of carbon and nitrogen assimilation

J Ren, X Yang, C Ma, Y Wang, J Zhao - Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Melatonin is a pleiotropic regulatory molecule in plants and is involved in regulating plant
tolerance to drought stress. Here, we conducted transcriptomic and physiological analyses …

Uncovering the role of melatonin in plant stress tolerance

A Ayyaz, AK Shahzadi, S Fatima, G Yasin… - … and Experimental Plant …, 2022 - Springer
In recent years, melatonin has emerged as a popular research topic in the field of plant
biology. Since melatonin is implicated in numerous plant developmental processes and …

Overexpression of the Melatonin Synthesis-Related Gene SlCOMT1 Improves the Resistance of Tomato to Salt Stress

DD Liu, XS Sun, L Liu, HD Shi, SY Chen, DK Zhao - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Melatonin can increase plant resistance to stress, and exogenous melatonin has been
reported to promote stress resistance in plants. In this study, a melatonin biosynthesis …

The jasmonate pathway mediates salt tolerance in grapevines

A Ismail, M Riemann, P Nick - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Salt stress is a major constraint for many crop plants, such as the moderately salt-sensitive
economically important fruit crop grapevine. Plants have evolved different strategies for …

Melatonin alleviates chilling stress in cucumber seedlings by up-regulation of CsZat12 and modulation of polyamine and abscisic acid metabolism

H Zhao, K Zhang, X Zhou, L Xi, Y Wang, H Xu, T Pan… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
To obtain new insights into the mechanisms of the positive effects of exogenous melatonin
applications to cucumber seedlings during chilling, we investigated its role in regulating …

Melatonin-induced protection against plant abiotic stress: mechanisms and prospects

MU Hassan, A Mahmood, MI Awan… - Frontiers in plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Global warming in this century increases incidences of various abiotic stresses restricting
plant growth and productivity and posing a severe threat to global food production and …

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 …

Hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide are involved in melatonin-induced salt tolerance in cucumber

Y Sun, C Ma, X Kang, L Zhang, J Wang, S Zheng… - Plant Physiology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) is a novel gaseous signaling molecule in response to adversity
stress. Melatonin (MT) is a multifunctional molecule that plays an important role in regulating …

MaXB3 modulates MaNAC2, MaACS1, and MaACO1 stability to repress ethylene biosynthesis during banana fruit ripening

W Shan, J Kuang, W Wei, Z Fan, W Deng, Z Li… - Plant …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Ethylene plays a critical regulatory role in climacteric fruit ripening, and its biosynthesis is
fine-tuned at the transcriptional and posttranslational levels. Nevertheless, the mechanistic …

Improved cold tolerance in Elymus nutans by exogenous application of melatonin may involve ABA-dependent and ABA-independent pathways

J Fu, Y Wu, Y Miao, Y Xu, E Zhao, J Wang, H Sun… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Melatonin is an important secondary messenger that plays a central role in plant growth, as
well as abiotic and biotic stress tolerance. However, the underlying physiological and …