Melatonin enhances plant growth and abiotic stress tolerance in soybean plants

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 695-707

  Wei, Wei ^a   Li, Qing Tian ^a   Chu, Ya Nan ^b   Reiter, Russel J ^c   Yu, Xiao Min ^d   Zhu, Dan Hua ^d   Zhang, Wan Ke ^a   Ma, Biao ^a   Lin, Qing ^a   Zhang, Jin Song ^a   Chen, Shou Yi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation   (China)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Soybean; Stress tolerance; Transcriptome; Yield increase

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOYBEAN;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MELATONIN; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; SOYBEANS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84924650863     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru392     Document Type: Article

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