Exogenous melatonin mediates physiological and photosynthetic response mechanisms of maize cultivars under waterlogging stress
In conclusion, this study deeply explored the different regulatory effects of melatonin on maize varieties with different genetic backgrounds, showing that waterlogging stress had the least effect on Z 58 maize while melatonin had the best effect on alleviating the damage of ZD 958 under waterlogging stress, followed by Z 58, and lastly C 7 - 2, which deepened the understanding of the molecular mechanism of melatonin in alleviating adversity stress, and provided an opportunity to investigate the mechanism of melatonin action and to optimise its application in agricultural production.
Authors
- Hejing Tang
- Xuan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1542-3642)
- Ying Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7161-4988)
- Penghui Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7960-1025)
- Zhao Zhang
- Zhandong Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3217-6188)
- Ruiying Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4179-8246)
Institutions
- Zhengzhou University (CN)
- Bozhou People's Hospital (CN)
- Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CN)
- Farmland Irrigation Research Institute (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Plant Biology
- Published
- 2025-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-07389-7
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Plant responses to water stress
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.50
Funders
- Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program