Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31905696›Full record

ReviewBiomolecules2019

Melatonin and Its Protective Role against Biotic Stress Impacts on Plants.

Mohamed Moustafa-Farag, Abdulwareth Almoneafy, Ahmed Mahmoud, Amr Elkelish, Marino B Arnao, Linfeng Li, Shaoying Ai

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In one paragraph

Review in Biomolecules, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
77citing papers in PubMed
32.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

77 citing papers in PubMed, 235 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Nanotechnology and Agricultural Sustainability: A Review.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  11. SerotoninInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  16. Melatonin: The Multifaceted Molecule in Plant Growth and Defense.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  19. Have All of the Phytohormonal Properties of Melatonin Been Verified?International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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17 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Mohamed Moustafa-FaragInstitute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4715-8687
Abdulwareth AlmoneafyDepartment of Biology sciences, College of Education and Science at Rada'a, Albaydaa University, Rada'a, Yemen.ORCID 0000-0003-0109-9834
Ahmed MahmoudHorticulture Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, 9 Gmaa St, Giza 12619, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-8233-1422
Amr ElkelishBotany Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-1683-8436
Marino B ArnaoDepartment of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8517-6889
Linfeng LiInstitute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China.
Shaoying AiInstitute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China.
Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences · CNAgricultural Research Center · EGSuez Canal University · EGUniversidad de Murcia · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biotic stress causes immense damage to agricultural products worldwide and raises the risk of hunger in many areas. Plants themselves tolerate biotic stresses via several pathways, including pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), which trigger immunity and plant resistance (R) proteins. On the other hand, humans use several non-ecofriendly methods to control biotic stresses, such as chemical applications. Compared with chemical control, melatonin is an ecofriendly compound that is an economical alternative strategy which can be used to protect animals and plants from attacks via pathogens. In plants, the bactericidal capacity of melatonin was verified against

Indexed as

Anti-Infective AgentsFlexiviridaeGram-Negative BacteriaGram-Positive BacteriaMelatoninMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPhytophthora infestansProtective AgentsStress, PhysiologicalAnti-Infective AgentsMelatoninProtective Agentsantioxidantsbacteriabiotic stressfungimelatoninplant hormonevirus

Identifiers

PMID31905696
PMCPMC7022677
OpenAlexW2996896267

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