TY - JOUR
T1 - Phytomelatonin : an overview of the importance and mediating functions of melatonin against environmental stresses
AU - Altaf, Muhammad Ahsan
AU - Shahid, Rabia
AU - Ren, Ming-Xun
AU - Mora-Poblete, Freddy
AU - Arnao, Marino B.
AU - Naz, Safina
AU - Anwar, Muhammad
AU - Altaf, Muhammad Mohsin
AU - Shahid, Sidra
AU - Shakoor, Awais
AU - Sohail, Hamza
AU - Ahmar, Sunny
AU - Kamran, Muhammad
AU - Chen, Jen-Tsung
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - 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 conserved in a wide array of evolutionary distant organisms. Its functions and characteristics have been found to be similar in both plants and animals. The review focuses on the role of melatonin pertaining to physiological functions in higher plants. Melatonin regulates physiological functions regarding auxin activity, root, shoot, and explant growth, activates germination of seeds, promotes rhizogenesis (growth of adventitious and lateral roots), and holds up impelled leaf senescence. Melatonin is a natural bio-stimulant that creates resistance in field crops against various abiotic stress, including heat, chemical pollutants, cold, drought, salinity, and harmful ultra-violet radiation. The full potential of melatonin in regulating physiological functions in higher plants still needs to be explored by further research.
AB - 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 conserved in a wide array of evolutionary distant organisms. Its functions and characteristics have been found to be similar in both plants and animals. The review focuses on the role of melatonin pertaining to physiological functions in higher plants. Melatonin regulates physiological functions regarding auxin activity, root, shoot, and explant growth, activates germination of seeds, promotes rhizogenesis (growth of adventitious and lateral roots), and holds up impelled leaf senescence. Melatonin is a natural bio-stimulant that creates resistance in field crops against various abiotic stress, including heat, chemical pollutants, cold, drought, salinity, and harmful ultra-violet radiation. The full potential of melatonin in regulating physiological functions in higher plants still needs to be explored by further research.
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:71394
U2 - 10.1111/ppl.13262
DO - 10.1111/ppl.13262
M3 - Article
SN - 0031-9317
VL - 172
SP - 820
EP - 846
JO - Physiologia Plantarum
JF - Physiologia Plantarum
IS - 2
ER -