ArticleBMC plant biology2022
Exogenous melatonin increases salt tolerance in bitter melon by regulating ionic balance, antioxidant system and secondary metabolism-related genes.
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- Melatonin stabilizes photosynthesis and scavenges ROS to enhance salt tolerance in cucumber.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Salt Tolerance in Maize: A Combined Transcriptome and Metabolome Analysis.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Chemical application improves stress resilience in plants.Plant molecular biology · 2025Review
- Production of secondary metabolites under challenging environments: understanding functions and mechanisms of signalling molecules.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Review
- Research Advancements in Salt Tolerance of Cucurbitaceae: From Salt Response to Molecular Mechanisms.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Fish Waste-A Novel Bio-Fertilizer for Stevia (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Melatonin: The Multifaceted Molecule in Plant Growth and Defense.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Relative effects of melatonin and hydrogen sulfide treatments in mitigating salt damage in wheat.Frontiers in plant science · 2024Article
- Melatonin Enhances the Photosynthesis and Antioxidant Enzyme Activities of Mung Bean under Drought and High-Temperature Stress Conditions.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Priming Potato Plants with Melatonin Protects Stolon Formation under Delayed Salt Stress by Maintaining the Photochemical Function of Photosystem II, Ionic Homeostasis and Activating the Antioxidant System.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Exogenous Melatonin Enhances the Yield and Secondary Metabolite Contents ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Melatonin enhances salt tolerance in sorghum by modulating photosynthetic performance, osmoregulation, antioxidant defense, and ion homeostasis.Open life sciences · 2023Article
- Melatonin Confers NaCl Tolerance inRussian journal of plant physiology: a comprehensive Russian journal on modern phytophysiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundMelatonin is a multi-functional molecule widely employed in order to mitigate abiotic stress factors, in general and salt stress in particular. Even though previous reports revealed that melatonin could exhibit roles in promoting seed germination and protecting plants during various developmental stages of several plant species under salt stress, no reports are available with respect to the regulatory acts of melatonin on the physiological and biochemical status as well as the expression levels of defense- and secondary metabolism-related related transcripts in bitter melon subjected to the salt stress.
resultsHerewith the present study, we performed a comprehensive analysis of the physiological and ion balance, antioxidant system, as well as transcript analysis of defense-related genes (WRKY1, SOS1, PM H
conclusionsOverall, it can be postulated that the application of melatonin (150 µM) has effective roles in alleviating the adverse impacts of salinity through critical modifications in plant metabolism.
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