Melatonin: first-line soldier in tomato under abiotic stress current and future perspective

MA Altaf, R Shahid, MM Altaf, R Kumar, S Naz… - Plant Physiology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Melatonin is a natural, multifunctional, nontoxic, regulatory, and ubiquitous biomolecule,
having low molecular weight and pleiotropic effects in the plant kingdom. It is a recently …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts, tolerance, adaptation, and mitigation of heat stress on wheat under changing climates

MR Yadav, M Choudhary, J Singh, MK Lal… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Heat stress (HS) is one of the major abiotic stresses affecting the production and quality of
wheat. Rising temperatures are particularly threatening to wheat production. A detailed …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Salinity responses and tolerance mechanisms in underground vegetable crops: An integrative review

KN Chourasia, SJ More, A Kumar, D Kumar, B Singh… - Planta, 2022 - Springer
Main conclusion The present review gives an insight into the salinity stress tolerance
responses and mechanisms of underground vegetable crops. Phytoprotectants, agronomic …

Exogenous melatonin alleviates cadmium-induced inhibition of growth and photosynthesis through upregulating antioxidant defense system in strawberry

M Saqib, U Shahzad, F Zulfiqar, RK Tiwari… - South African Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Contamination by heavy metals has severely hampered agricultural productivity across the
world. Cadmium (Cd) is one of the most dangerous heavy metals to plants. Melatonin (ME) …

Phytohormones mediated modulation of abiotic stress tolerance and potential crosstalk in horticultural crops

MA Altaf, R Shahid, R Kumar, MM Altaf… - Journal of Plant Growth …, 2023 - Springer
The current status of changing climate has become a significant threat to the global
production of horticultural crops. Phytohormones play a crucial role in providing a …

[HTML][HTML] Heavy metals, their phytotoxicity, and the role of phenolic antioxidants in plant stress responses with focus on cadmium

EA Goncharuk, NV Zagoskina - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The current state of heavy metal (HM) environmental pollution problems was considered in
the review: the effects of HMs on the vital activity of plants and the functioning of their …

[HTML][HTML] Abiotic and biotic stress in horticultural crops: insight into recent advances in the underlying tolerance mechanism

MK Lal, RK Tiwari, MA Altaf, A Kumar… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The changing global climate and human activities have immensely impacted the production
and productivity of horticultural crops (Varshney et al., 2018). The abiotic stress condition …

[HTML][HTML] Application of cerium dioxide nanoparticles and chromium-resistant bacteria reduced chromium toxicity in sunflower plants

J Ma, H Alshaya, MK Okla, YA Alwasel… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The continuous increase in the heavy metals concentration in the soil due to anthropogenic
activities has become a global issue. The chromium, especially hexavalent chromium, is …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanistic concept of physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses of the potato crop to heat and drought stress

MK Lal, RK Tiwari, A Kumar, A Dey, R Kumar, D Kumar… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Most cultivated potatoes are tetraploid, and the tuber is the main economic part that is
consumed due to its calorific and nutritional values. Recent trends in climate change led to …