ArticleACS applied polymer materials2025
Seed Coatings with Melatonin-Embedded Hydrogel Biopolymers as Green Tools to Mitigate Salinity Stress in Tomato Plants.
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- Hydrogel-Enabled Delivery Systems for Agricultural Resilience: Controlled Release, Soil Interactions and Performance Constraints: A Review.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Melatonin seed priming: A climate-smart, green strategy to enhance abiotic stress tolerance in plants.Journal of integrative plant biology · 2026Review
- Calcium Alginate-Based Hydrogel-Encapsulated Nutrients and Nucleic Acid Delivery for Ameliorating Saline-Alkali Stress in Plants.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Hydrogel-Based Controlled Release of Phytohormones: Improving Bioavailability and Early Plant Development Outcomes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Hydrogels for Agricultural Applications: From Soil Amendment to Crop Enhancement.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Molecular and biophysical foundations of nano-enabled seed priming and smart nanocarriers for crop stress alleviation.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Review
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Abstract
Improving plant tolerance against abiotic stress factors is important for sustaining global food security. Plants show prolonged, increased tolerance upon exposure to suboptimal environmental conditions when treated at the seed stage with certain chemical agents of natural or synthetic origin, resulting in higher crop yields. Polymers such as naturally derived hydrogels (HYDR) provide a smart delivery system for phytohormones. The protective effect of melatonin (Mel) and FOLICIST (Fol) applied directly or as calcium alginate-based hydrogel coatings with embedded Mel (HYDR-Mel) was studied in the "Dafni F1" tomato cultivar against salinity stress under in vitro conditions. An array of agronomic and biochemical parameters was evaluated, further to detailed material characterization, including germination-related parameters (such as the germination rate index, mean germination rate, speed of germination, and emergence index), morphological alternations (such as the main root length and root fresh weight), as well as cellular damage indicators (such as malondialdehyde (MDA) and H
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