The role of melatonin in tomato stress response, growth and development

Q Xie, Y Zhang, Y Cheng, Y Tian, J Luo, Z Hu, G Chen - Plant Cell Reports, 2022 - Springer
Melatonin has attracted widespread attention after its discovery in higher plants. Tomato is a
key model economic crop for studying fleshy fruits. Many studies have shown that melatonin …

The role of phyto-melatonin and related metabolites in response to stress

Y Yu, Y Lv, Y Shi, T Li, Y Chen, D Zhao, Z Zhao - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Plant hormone candidate melatonin has been widely studied in plants under various stress
conditions, such as heat, cold, salt, drought, heavy metal, and pathogen attack. Under stress …

RAV transcription factors are essential for disease resistance against cassava bacterial blight via activation of melatonin biosynthesis genes

Y Wei, Y Chang, H Zeng, G Liu, C He… - Journal of pineal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
With 1 AP 2 domain and 1 B3 domain, 7 Me RAV s in apetala2/ethylene response factor (AP
2/ERF) gene family have been identified in cassava. However, the in vivo roles of these …

Melatonin induced cold tolerance in plants: physiological and molecular responses

SH Qari, MU Hassan, MU Chattha… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cold stress is one of the most limiting factors for plant growth and development. Cold stress
adversely affects plant physiology, molecular and biochemical processes by determining …

Gold nanoparticles synthesized using melatonin suppress cadmium uptake and alleviate its toxicity in rice

M Jiang, S Dai, B Wang, Z Xie, J Li, L Wang… - Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Melatonin is a general organizer that promotes plant development and moderates defense
responses to abiotic stresses; eg, heat, cold, and heavy metals. Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy …

Melatonin alleviates low PS I‐limited carbon assimilation under elevated CO2 and enhances the cold tolerance of offspring in chlorophyll b‐deficient mutant wheat

X Li, M Brestic, DX Tan, M Zivcak, X Zhu… - Journal of Pineal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Melatonin is involved in the regulation of carbohydrate metabolism and induction of cold
tolerance in plants. The objective of this study was to investigate the roles of melatonin in …

Exogenous Melatonin Promotes the Salt Tolerance by Removing Active Oxygen and Maintaining Ion Balance in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Z Zhang, L Liu, H Li, S Zhang, X Fu, X Zhai… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Melatonin (MT) is a small molecule indole hormone that plays an important role in the
regulation of biological processes and abiotic stress resistance. Previous studies have …

Melatonin-induced DNA demethylation of metal transporters and antioxidant genes alleviates lead stress in radish plants

M Tang, L Xu, Y Wang, J Dong, X Zhang… - Horticulture …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Melatonin (MT) is a tryptophan-derived natural product that plays a vital role in plant
response to abiotic stresses, including heavy metals (HMs). However, it remains elusive how …

Melatonin: Biosynthesis, content, and function in horticultural plants and potential application

X Wu, J Ren, X Huang, X Zheng, Y Tian, L Shi… - Scientia …, 2021 - Elsevier
Derived from tryptophan, melatonin is a nontoxic indolic molecule that is widely identified in
species ranging from bacteria to mammals. It plays vital roles in the circadian rhythm …

Melatonin delays dark‐induced leaf senescence by inducing miR171b expression in tomato

K Wang, S Cai, Q Xing, Z Qi… - Journal of Pineal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Melatonin functions in multiple aspects of plant growth, development, and stress response.
Nonetheless, the mechanism of melatonin in plant carbon metabolism remains largely …