Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Melatonin increased antioxidant enzyme activities in drought-stressed maize seedlings.

A claim from Ameliorative effect of melatonin improves drought tolerance by regulating growth, photosynthetic traits and leaf ultrastructure of maize seedlings · 2021

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Melatonin increased antioxidant enzyme activities in drought-stressed maize seedlings.

Taxon
maizeZea mayse0
Treatment
melatonin applicatione0
Outcome
antioxidant enzyme activitiese0
Direction
increasinge0

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Zea mays
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Verbatim

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“melatonin application enhanced plant growth; alleviated ROS-induced oxidative damages by increasing the photosynthetic pigments, antioxidant enzyme activities, relative water content, and osmo-protectants of maize seedlings”

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Title

Ameliorative effect of melatonin improves drought tolerance by regulating growth, photosynthetic traits and leaf ultrastructure of maize seedlings

Shakeel Ahmad; Ihsan Muhammad; Guo Yun Wang; et al. BMC Plant Biology 2021. doi:10.1186/s12870-021-03160-w

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melatonin · soil: biology · Zea mays (maize)Results agree

8 papers: 8 positive, 0 negative or no effect

7 papers in the same direction as this claim

  1. positive
    Melatonin and nitrogen application increased antioxidant and nitrogen metabolism enzyme activities of maize under drought stress.

    Interactive Effects of Melatonin and Nitrogen Improve Drought Tolerance of Maize Seedlings by Regulating Growth and Physiochemical Attributes · 2022

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  2. positive
    Exogenous melatonin enhanced antioxidant enzyme activity in aging maize seeds.

    Physiology and transcriptome analyses reveal a protective effect of the radical scavenger melatonin in aging maize seeds · 2018

    Same direction

  3. positive
    Exogenous melatonin increased antioxidant enzyme activity.

    Melatonin Enhances Maize Germination, Growth, and Salt Tolerance by Regulating Reactive Oxygen Species Accumulation and Antioxidant Systems · 2025

    Same direction

  4. positive
    Melatonin increased antioxidant enzyme activities and osmoregulatory substances.

    Effect of Exogenous Melatonin on Corn Seed Germination and Seedling Salt Damage Mitigation Under NaCl Stress · 2025

    Same direction

  5. positive
    Melatonin improved antioxidant capacity, osmotic regulation and hydrolytic enzyme activity.

    Facilitating Maize Seed Germination Under Heat Stress via Exogenous Melatonin · 2025

    Same direction

  6. positive
    Exogenous MT and AsA improved antioxidant enzyme activities in maize seedlings.

    Ascorbic acid is involved in melatonin-induced salinity tolerance of maize (Zea mays L.) by regulating antioxidant and photosynthetic capacities · 2024

    Same direction

  7. positive
    100 μM MT enhanced antioxidant enzyme activities (POD, APX and CAT) relative to flooded plants without MT.

    Genotype‐Specific Responses of Maize ( Zea mays L.) to Exogenous Melatonin in Mitigating Flooding Stress · 2026 · compared with flooded plants without MT

    Same direction

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