Functions of melatonin in plants: a review

MB Arnao, J Hernández‐Ruiz - Journal of pineal research, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The number of studies on melatonin in plants has increased significantly in recent years.
This molecule, with a large set of functions in animals, has also shown great potential in …

Melatonin: plant growth regulator and/or biostimulator during stress?

MB Arnao, J Hernández-Ruiz - Trends in plant science, 2014 - cell.com
Melatonin regulates the growth of roots, shoots, and explants, to activate seed germination
and rhizogenesis and to delay induced leaf senescence. The antioxidant properties of …

Functional roles of melatonin in plants, and perspectives in nutritional and agricultural science

DX Tan, R Hardeland, LC Manchester… - Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The presence of melatonin in plants is universal. Evidence has confirmed that a major
portion of the melatonin is synthesized by plants themselves even though a homologue of …

Melatonin as master regulator in plant growth, development and stress alleviator for sustainable agricultural production: current status and future perspectives

K Nawaz, R Chaudhary, A Sarwar, B Ahmad, A Gul… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Melatonin, a multifunctional signaling molecule, is ubiquitously distributed in different parts
of a plant and responsible for stimulating several physiochemical responses against …

Melatonin mediates enhancement of stress tolerance in plants

B Debnath, W Islam, M Li, Y Sun, X Lu, S Mitra… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Melatonin is a multifunctional signaling molecule, ubiquitously distributed in different parts of
plants and responsible for stimulating several physiological responses to adverse …

Phytomelatonin: assisting plants to survive and thrive

RJ Reiter, DX Tan, Z Zhou, MHC Cruz, L Fuentes-Broto… - Molecules, 2015 - mdpi.com
This review summarizes the advances that have been made in terms of the identified
functions of melatonin in plants. Melatonin is an endogenously-produced molecule in all …

Phytomelatonin: An overview of the importance and mediating functions of melatonin against environmental stresses

MA Altaf, R Shahid, MX Ren… - Physiologia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, melatonin has gained significant importance in plant research. The presence of
melatonin in the plant kingdom has been known since 1995. It is a molecule that is …

A systematic review of melatonin in plants: an example of evolution of literature

SJ Murch, LAE Erland - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxy-tryptamine) is a mammalian neurohormone, antioxidant and
signaling molecule that was first discovered in plants in 1995. The first studies investigated …

Thidiazuron: a multi-dimensional plant growth regulator

B Guo, BH Abbasi, A Zeb, LL Xu, YH Wei - African Journal of Biotechnology, 2011 - ajol.info
Thidiazuron (TDZ) has gained a considerable attention during past decades due to its
efficient role in plant cell and tissue culture. Wide array of physiological responses were …

Melatonin in plants–diversity of levels and multiplicity of functions

R Hardeland - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Melatonin has been detected in numerous plant species. A particularly surprising finding
concerns the highly divergent levels of melatonin that vary between species, organs and …