Claim · model-written summary
Melatonin markedly increased the activities of antioxidant enzymes APX, CAT and POD in P. vulgaris under water deficit.
- Taxon
- Phaseolus vulgaris
Phaseolus vulgarise0 - Treatment
- melatonine0
- Outcome
- activities of key antioxidant enzymes (ascorbate peroxidase (APX), catalase (CAT), and peroxidase (POD))e2
- Direction
- increasede2
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Verbatim
e0“exogenous application of melatonin (150 μM; foliar spray) confers protection to Phaseolus vulgaris under moderate water deficit (40% field capacity)”
e2“melatonin markedly increased the activities of key antioxidant enzymes (ascorbate peroxidase (APX), catalase (CAT), and peroxidase (POD))”
Title
Gamal A. Zayed; Abdel-Haleem A. H. El-Shaieny; Hoida Zaki Functional Plant Biology 2025. doi:10.1071/fp25301
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- Intervention effect Melatonin applied at 21 and 28 days after sowing significantly enhanced shoot elongation, leaf area expansion and photosynthetic efficiency of P. vulgaris under water deficit.
- Intervention effect Melatonin reduced reactive oxygen species accumulation in P. vulgaris under water deficit.
- Intervention effect Melatonin elevated proline content by 24% in P. vulgaris under water deficit.
- Intervention effect Melatonin decreased electrolyte leakage by 18% in P. vulgaris under water deficit.
- Intervention effect Melatonin attenuated drought-induced DNA damage in P. vulgaris.