Due to global climate change, abiotic stresses are affecting plant growth, productivity, and
the quality of cultivated crops. Stressful conditions disrupt physiological activities and …

Global climate changes cause extreme temperatures and a significant reduction in crop
production, leading to food insecurity worldwide. Temperature extremes (including both heat …

Tomato is an important vegetable that is highly sensitive to drought (DR) stress which
impairs the development of tomato seedlings. Recently, melatonin (ME) has emerged as a …

Photosynthesis is a fundamental biosynthetic process in plants that can enhance carbon
absorption and increase crop productivity. Heat stress severely inhibits photosynthetic …

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 …

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 …

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

Photosynthesis is a pivotal process that determines the synthesis of carbohydrates required
for sustaining growth under normal or stress situation. Stress exposure reduces the …

Increasing food demand by the growing human population and declining crop productivity
due to climate change affect global food security. To meet the challenges, develo** …

Melatonin is a multifunctional molecule that has been widely discovered in most plants. An
increasing number of studies have shown that melatonin plays essential roles in plant …