In recent decades, the demand for vegetables has increased significantly due to the
blooming global population. Climate change has affected vegetable production by …

Seed germination (SG) is the first stage in a plant's life and has an immense importance in
sustaining crop production. Abiotic stresses reduce SG by increasing the deterioration of …

Rice is known to accumulate cadmium (Cd) in its grains, causing a severe threat to billions
of people worldwide. The possible phytotoxicity and mechanism of 50–200 mg/L …

In horticultural crop production, the use of plant growth regulators has become a common
practice for improvement of produce quality and mitigation of abiotic and biotic stresses. In …

The current status of changing climate has become a significant threat to the global
production of horticultural crops. Phytohormones play a crucial role in providing a …

In the face of escalating environmental challenges, plants encounter complex combinations
of abiotic stresses that pose severe threats to their growth and survival. Recent …

Melatonin was found in plants in the late 1990s, but its function, signaling, and interaction
with other phytohormones still unclear. Melatonin research in plants has increased …

Melatonin is a natural, multifunctional, nontoxic, regulatory, and ubiquitous biomolecule,
having low molecular weight and pleiotropic effects in the plant kingdom. It is a recently …

Drought is undoubtedly a major environmental constraint that negatively affects agricultural
yield and productivity throughout the globe. Plants are extremely vulnerable to drought …

Phyto-melatonin improves crop yield by mitigating the negative effects of abiotic stresses on
plant growth. Numerous studies are currently being conducted to investigate the significant …