Journal
PLANTS-BASEL
Volume 8, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants8070190
Keywords
abiotic stress; plant stress physiology; oxidative stress; water deficit conditions; water stress
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Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2018YFD1000600]
- Independent research topics of the State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture [ZY20180208, ZY20180308]
- Key Research and Development Program of Zhejiang Province [2018C02004]
- Key Project of Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation [LZ18C160001]
- Fruit Innovation Team Project of Zhejiang Province [2016C02052-12]
- National Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Project [201610341010]
- Undergraduate Science and Technology Innovation Plan of Zhejiang Province [2017R412006]
- Undergraduate Research Training Program in Zhejiang A F University [102-2013200005, 102-2013200041, 102-2013200042, KX20180047, KX20180043, KX20180065]
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Drought stress adversely effects physiological and biochemical processes of plants, leading to a reduction in plant productivity. Plants try to protect themselves via activation of their internal defense system, but severe drought causes dysfunction of this defense system. The imbalance between generation and scavenging of reactive oxygen species (ROS) leads to oxidative stress. Melatonin, a multifunctional molecule, has the potential to protect plants from the adverse effects of drought stress by enhancing the ROS scavenging efficiency. It helps in protection of photosynthetic apparatus and reduction of drought induced oxidative stress. Melatonin regulates plant processes at a molecular level, which results in providing better resistance against drought stress. In this review, the authors have discussed various physiological and molecular aspects regulated by melatonin in plants under drought conditions, along with their underlying mechanisms.
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