Abstract
Drought stress constitutes a major challenge to wheat production. Melatonin plays a vital role in plants' resistance to drought stress. Nevertheless, the influence of melatonin seed coating on the drought resistance ability of wheat remains unclear. Hence, in this study, wheat (Yunmai 112) was chosen as the experimental material. The research results indicated that 100 µM exogenous melatonin treatment enhanced the germination rate of wheat seeds by 11% compared to the CK group. Melatonin seed coating (100 or 200 µM) significantly inhibited the accumulation of ROS in wheat seedlings under drought stress conditions and facilitated the growth of wheat seedlings. Then, 100 µM melatonin seed coating elevated the activity of antioxidant enzymes (CAT, Cu/Zn-SOD, POD, and T-GSH) in wheat seedlings and strengthened the resistance of wheat to drought stress. In contrast to the control, 100 or 200 µM melatonin seed coating significantly raised the contents of soluble protein and chlorophyll in wheat seedlings. Further studies demonstrated that 100 µM melatonin seed coating promoted the increase in the thousand-grain weight and yield of wheat under drought stress. Taking together, melatonin seed coating is an effective approach for enhancing the stress resistance and the yield of wheat under drought stress.
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Claim · model-written summary
100 µM melatonin increased seed germination rate by 11% against CK.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Treatment
- 100 µM exogenous melatonin treatmente0
- Outcome
- germination ratee0
- Direction
- enhancede0
- Value
- 11%e0
- Comparator
- CK groupe0
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Verbatim
e0“100 µM exogenous melatonin treatment enhanced the germination rate of wheat seeds by 11% compared to the CK group”
Claim · model-written summary
100 or 200 µM melatonin seed coating significantly inhibited seedling ROS accumulation under drought.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- Melatonin seed coating (100 or 200 µM)e0
- Outcome
- accumulation of ROSe0
- Direction
- inhibitede0
- Qualifier
- under drought stress conditionse0
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Verbatim
e0“Melatonin seed coating (100 or 200 µM) significantly inhibited the accumulation of ROS in wheat seedlings under drought stress conditions”
Claim · model-written summary
Melatonin seed coating facilitated seedling growth.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- Melatonin seed coating (100 or 200 µM)e0
- Outcome
- growth of wheat seedlingse0
- Direction
- facilitatede0
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Verbatim
e0“Melatonin seed coating (100 or 200 µM) significantly inhibited the accumulation of ROS in wheat seedlings under drought stress conditions and facilitated the growth of wheat seedlings.”
Claim · model-written summary
100 µM coating raised CAT, Cu/Zn-SOD and POD activities.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- 100 µM melatonin seed coatinge0
- Gene
- CAT, Cu/Zn-SOD, PODe0
- Outcome
- activity of antioxidant enzymese0
- Direction
- elevatede0
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Verbatim
e0“100 µM melatonin seed coating elevated the activity of antioxidant enzymes (CAT, Cu/Zn-SOD, POD, and T-GSH) in wheat seedlings”
Claim · model-written summary
100 µM coating raised T-GSH activity.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- 100 µM melatonin seed coatinge0
- Gene
- T-GSHe0
- Outcome
- activity of antioxidant enzymese0
- Direction
- elevatede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“100 µM melatonin seed coating elevated the activity of antioxidant enzymes (CAT, Cu/Zn-SOD, POD, and T-GSH) in wheat seedlings”
Claim · model-written summary
100 or 200 µM coating significantly raised soluble protein and chlorophyll contents.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- 100 or 200 µM melatonin seed coatinge0
- Outcome
- contents of soluble protein and chlorophylle0
- Direction
- raisede0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In contrast to the control, 100 or 200 µM melatonin seed coating significantly raised the contents of soluble protein and chlorophyll in wheat seedlings.”
Claim · model-written summary
100 µM coating increased wheat thousand grain weight and yield under drought.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- 100 µM melatonin seed coatinge0
- Outcome
- thousand-grain weight and yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“100 µM melatonin seed coating promoted the increase in the thousand-grain weight and yield of wheat under drought stress”
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