Mechanistic insights on melatonin‐mediated drought stress mitigation in plants

RK Tiwari, MK Lal, R Kumar, KN Chourasia… - Physiologia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Drought stress imposes a serious threat to crop productivity and nutritional security. Drought
adaptation mechanisms involve complex regulatory network comprising of various sensory …

Nitric oxide acts as a key signaling molecule in plant development under stressful conditions

M Khan, S Ali, TNI Al Azzawi, BW Yun - International journal of molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nitric oxide (NO), a colorless gaseous molecule, is a lipophilic free radical that easily
diffuses through the plasma membrane. These characteristics make NO an ideal autocrine …

Melatonin and calcium function synergistically to promote the resilience through ROS metabolism under arsenic-induced stress

MH Siddiqui, S Alamri, MN Khan, FJ Corpas… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
The interplay between melatonin (Mel) and calcium (Ca 2+) in enhancing tolerance to
metalloid toxicity and underlying physiological and biochemical mechanisms of this …

Melatonin and strigolactone mitigate chromium toxicity through modulation of ascorbate-glutathione pathway and gene expression in tomato

V Raja, SU Qadir, N Kumar, AA Alsahli… - Plant Physiology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) is considered one of the most hazardous metal contaminant reducing crop
production and putting human health at risk. Phytohormones are known to regulate …

Improving crop drought resistance with plant growth regulators and rhizobacteria: Mechanisms, applications, and perspectives

H Zhang, X Sun, M Dai - Plant Communications, 2022 - cell.com
Drought is one of the main abiotic stresses that cause crop yield loss. Improving crop yield
under drought stress is a major goal of crop breeding, as it is critical to food security. The …

Melatonin suppressed the heat stress-induced damage in wheat seedlings by modulating the antioxidant machinery

ZA Buttar, SN Wu, MB Arnao, C Wang, I Ullah, C Wang - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) is a pleiotropic signaling molecule that plays a
crucial role in the regulation of various environmental stresses, including heat stress (HS). In …

Melatonin: Awakening the defense mechanisms during plant oxidative stress

A Khan, M Numan, AL Khan, IJ Lee, M Imran, S Asaf… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Melatonin is a multifunctional signaling molecule that is ubiquitously distributed in different
parts of a plant and responsible for stimulating several physio-chemical responses to …

Exogenous melatonin delays postharvest fruit senescence and maintains the quality of sweet cherries

F Wang, X Zhang, Q Yang, Q Zhao - Food Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
We assessed the effects of postharvest exogenous melatonin (50,100 and 150 µmol L− 1)
on the senescence and quality of sweet cherries during storage at 0±0.5° C. Melatonin …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular priming as an approach to induce tolerance against abiotic and oxidative stresses in crop plants

P Kerchev, T van der Meer, N Sujeeth, A Verlee… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abiotic stresses, including drought, salinity, extreme temperature, and pollutants, are the
main cause of crop losses worldwide. Novel climate-adapted crops and stress tolerance …

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 …