A review on bioremediation approach for heavy metal detoxification and accumulation in plants

PR Yaashikaa, PS Kumar, S Jeevanantham… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nowadays, the accumulation of toxic heavy metals in soil and water streams is considered a
serious environmental problem that causes various harmful effects on plants and animals …

Melatonin: a new plant hormone and/or a plant master regulator?

MB Arnao, J Hernández-Ruiz - Trends in Plant Science, 2019 - cell.com
Melatonin is a pleiotropic molecule with many diverse actions in plants. It is considered
primarily an antioxidant with important actions in the control of reactive oxygen and nitrogen …

Melatonin enhanced the heavy metal-stress tolerance of pepper by mitigating the oxidative damage and reducing the heavy metal accumulation

MA Altaf, Y Hao, H Shu, MA Mumtaz, S Cheng… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Melatonin-mediated abiotic stress tolerance in plants

W Zeng, S Mostafa, Z Lu, B Jin - Frontiers in plant science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Melatonin is a multi-functional molecule that is ubiquitous in all living organisms. Melatonin
performs essential roles in plant stress tolerance; its application can reduce the harmful …

Melatonin: A master regulator of plant development and stress responses

C Sun, L Liu, L Wang, B Li, C Jin… - Journal of Integrative …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Melatonin is a pleiotropic molecule with multiple functions in plants. Since the discovery of
melatonin in plants, numerous studies have provided insight into the biosynthesis …

Melatonin regulates the functional components of photosynthesis, antioxidant system, gene expression, and metabolic pathways to induce drought resistance in …

A Sharma, J Wang, D Xu, S Tao, S Chong… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Chinese hickory (Carya cathayensis) is an economically important tree species
popular for its nuts. However, the tree requires a long time to reach the nut-producing phase …

Melatonin alleviates nickel phytotoxicity by improving photosynthesis, secondary metabolism and oxidative stress tolerance in tomato seedlings

MS Jahan, S Guo, AR Baloch, J Sun, S Shu… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Arable land contamination with nickel (Ni) has become a major threat to worldwide crop
production. Recently, melatonin has appeared as a promising stress-relief substance that …

Melatonin-mediated nitric oxide improves tolerance to cadmium toxicity by reducing oxidative stress in wheat plants

C Kaya, M Okant, F Ugurlar, MN Alyemeni, M Ashraf… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Two independent trials were conducted to examine the involvement of nitric oxide (NO) in
MT-mediated tolerance to Cd toxicity in wheat plants. Cadmium toxicity considerably led to a …

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 …

Melatonin alleviates heat-induced damage of tomato seedlings by balancing redox homeostasis and modulating polyamine and nitric oxide biosynthesis

MS Jahan, S Shu, Y Wang, Z Chen, M He, M Tao… - BMC Plant …, 2019 - Springer
Background Melatonin is a pleiotropic signaling molecule that plays multifarious roles in
plants stress tolerance. The polyamine (PAs) metabolic pathway has been suggested to …