Tolerance to Stress Combination in Tomato Plants: New Insights in the Protective Role of Melatonin

• Published in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 23; no. 3; p. 535
• Main Authors: Martinez, Vicente, Nieves-Cordones, Manuel, Lopez-Delacalle, Maria, Rodenas, Reyes, Mestre, Teresa, Garcia-Sanchez, Francisco, Rubio, Francisco, Nortes, Pedro, Mittler, Ron, Rivero, Rosa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 28.02.2018; MDPI
• Subjects: Abiotic stress; abiotic stress combination; Adaptation, Biological; antioxidant enzymes; antioxidant-related gene expression; Antioxidants - metabolism; Enzymes; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; heat; Hot Temperature; Lycopersicon esculentum - physiology; Melatonin; Melatonin - genetics; Melatonin - metabolism; Metabolic Networks and Pathways; Oxidative Stress; Phenotype; Photosynthesis; photosystem II; Plant Development - genetics; Reactive Oxygen Species; ROS homeostasis; Salinity; Stress, Physiological; tomato plants; Tomatoes; heat; photosystem II; salinity; photosynthesis; ROS homeostasis; abiotic stress combination; antioxidant-related gene expression; tomato plants; antioxidant enzymes

Abiotic stresses such as drought, heat or salinity are major causes of yield loss worldwide. Recent studies have revealed that the acclimation of plants to a combination of different environmental stresses is unique and therefore cannot be directly deduced from studying the response of plants to eac...