Global climate change is identified as a major threat to survival of natural ecosystems.
Climate change is a dynamic, multifaceted system of alterations in environmental conditions …

Global climate change and associated adverse abiotic stress conditions, such as drought,
salinity, heavy metals, waterlogging, extreme temperatures, oxygen deprivation, etc., greatly …

Various environmental stresses singly or in combination generate excess amounts of
reactive oxygen species (ROS), leading to oxidative stress and impaired redox homeostasis …

The vast majority of agricultural land undergoes abiotic stress that can significantly reduce
agricultural yields. Understanding the mechanisms of plant defenses against stresses and …

Plants encounter various abiotic stresses due to their sessile nature which include heavy
metals, salt, drought, nutrient deficiency, light intensity, pesticide contamination, as well as …

Global climate changes cause extreme temperatures and a significant reduction in crop
production, leading to food insecurity worldwide. Temperature extremes (including both heat …

As emerging contaminants, microplastics (mPS,< 5 mm) have been reported to adversely
affect the plant growth; however, the mechanisms of mPS-induced growth limitation are …

Background Plant melatonin appears to be a multi-regulatory molecule, similar to those
observed in animals, with many specific functions in plant physiology. In recent years, the …

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) …

Melatonin is an indolamine bioactive molecule that regulates a wide range of physiological
processes during plant growth and enhances abiotic stress tolerance. Here we examined …