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ArticleScientific reports2025

Effects of exogenous melatonin on the growth and photosynthetic characteristics of tomato seedlings under saline-alkali stress.

Jianhua Dou, Zhongqi Tang, Jihua Yu, Guangzheng Wang, Wangwang An, Yonghai Zhang, Qing Yang

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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7 authors.

Jianhua DouCollege of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
Zhongqi TangCollege of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China. tangzq@gsau.edu.cn.
Jihua YuCollege of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China. yujihuagg@163.com.
Guangzheng WangCollege of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
Wangwang AnCollege of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
Yonghai ZhangCollege of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
Qing YangCollege of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China.

Funding

Gansu Top Leading Talent Plan GSBJLJ-2021-14Major Science and Technology Special Projects in Gansu Province 23ZDNA008Modern Silk Road Cold and Dry Agricultural Science and Technology Support Project GSLK-2021-6the Science and Technology Innovation Fund of Gansu Agricultural University GAUKYQD-2019-19
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Saline-alkali stress is a major abiotic stress factor that adversely affects the growth, development, and yield of crops by disrupting ion homeostasis, osmotic balance, and metabolic processes. This study was designed to explore the alleviating effect of melatonin on the growth and development of tomato plants under saline-alkali stress conditions and to screen for optimal concentrations to alleviate the stress. Tomato variety 'Condine Red' was used as the test material, and a total of six treatments were designed including no saline-alkali stress and no melatonin spray as control (CK), and foliar spraying of 0, 50, 100, 150, and 200 µmol·L

Indexed as

AlkaliesMelatoninPhotosynthesisSeedlingsSolanum lycopersicumStress, PhysiologicalChlorophyllPlant LeavesAlkaliesChlorophyllMelatoninChlorophyll fluorescenceMelatoninOJIP curvePhotosynthetic characteristicsSaline-alkali stressTomato

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PMID39939713
PMCPMC11821904

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