The spread of heavy metal (loid) s at soil-food crop interfaces has become a threat to
sustainable agricultural productivity, food security, and human health. The eco-toxic effects …

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 …

Heavy metals (HMs), like vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), cadmium (Cd), and nickel (Ni)
toxicity due to anthropogenic, impair plant growth and yield, which is a challenging issue for …

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 …

Increasing food demand by the growing human population and declining crop productivity
due to climate change affect global food security. To meet the challenges, developing …

Seed germination (SG) is the first stage in a plant's life and has an immense importance in
sustaining crop production. Abiotic stresses reduce SG by increasing the deterioration of …

One important environmental condition that negatively impacts plants is drought stress.
Melatonin had the potential to enhance drought tolerance in plants. So, the purpose of this …

Salt stress severely limits the productivity of crop plants worldwide and its detrimental effects
are aggravated by climate change. Due to a significant world population growth, agriculture …

Phytomelatonin is a universal signal molecule that regulates plant growth and stress
responses; however, only one receptor that can directly bind with and perceive melatonin …

Fruit orchards are frequently irrigated with brackish water. Irrigation with poor quality water is
also a major cause of salt accumulation in soil. An excess of salts results in stunted growth …