Melatonin enhances plant growth and abiotic stress tolerance in soybean plants

We demonstrate, using the seed-coating method, that melatonin promotes soybean growth, seed production, and stress tolerance by regulating cell division, photosynthesis, carbohydrate metabolism, fatty acid biosynthesis, and ascorbate metabolism.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wei, Wei, Li, Qing-Tian, Chu, Ya-Nan, Reiter, Russel J., Yu, Xiao-Min, Zhu, Dan-Hua, Zhang, Wan-Ke, Ma, Biao, Lin, Qing, Zhang, Jin-Song, Chen, Shou-Yi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4321538/