ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Effect of Exogenous Melatonin on Corn Seed Germination and Seedling Salt Damage Mitigation Under NaCl Stress.
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- Bacillus megaterium strain KGA3 increases saline-alkaline tolerance of maize by recruiting keystone taxa in rhizosphere soil.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Exogenous Melatonin Enhances the Salt Tolerance of Celery (International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Seed priming with silicon quantum dots promotes maize seedling establishment in coastal saline soil.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Elucidating the Mechanistic Role of Exogenous Melatonin in Salt Stress Tolerance of Maize (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Exogenous Melatonin Enhances Salt-Stress Tolerance inPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Identification of key pathways and genes underlying melatonin-enhanced drought tolerance in cotton.PeerJ · 2025Article
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Maize is very sensitive to salt stress during seed germination and seedling growth periods, which can seriously affect the development of the maize industry. In this study, we applied exogenous melatonin (MT) to treat maize seeds and seedlings to investigate the alleviation mechanism of salt damage in maize. Phenotypic analyses showed that 100 µmol/L MT alleviated the effects of salt stress on maize seed germination, and germination index and vigor index were increased compared with salt treatment. MT also alleviated the effects of salt stress on biomass and photosynthesis of maize seedlings, and at a concentration of 100 µmol/L, root and shoot lengths were increased, Gs and Tr were significantly elevated, and LWUEint and LWUEins were decreased. MT also scavenged ROS accumulation, reduced MDA, H
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