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. 2023 Dec 4;3(1):53. doi: 10.1007/s44154-023-00139-5

Table 1.

Effect of melatonin on seed germination under different conditions

Conditions Species Concentrations of melatonin (μM) Effect on seed germination Reference
1/2MS Arabidopsis thaliana 500 inhibition (Lv et al. 2021)
Arabidopsis thaliana 10 no effcet (Lv et al. 2021; Yin et al. 2022)
Wet filter paper Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana) 500 inhibition (Simlat et al. 2018)
Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana) 5 promotion (Simlat et al. 2018)
Chilling stress Waxy Maize (Zea mays) 50 promotion (Cao et al. 2019)
Wheat(Triticum aestivum) 500 or 1000 promotion (Li et al. 2018; Zhang et al. 2021a)
Maize (Zea mays) 50 promotion (Kolodziejczyk et al. 2021)
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) 10 or 25 promotion (Posmyk et al. 2009; Zhang et al. 2022)
Rice (Oryza sativa) 150 promotion (Li et al. 2021b)
Heat stress Arabidopsis thaliana 300 promotion (Hernandez et al. 2015)
Rice (Oryza sativa) 100 promotion (Yu et al. 2022)
Osmotic (or drought) stress Wheat (Triticum aestivum) 1 or 300 promotion (Cui et al. 2018; Li, et al. 2020b)
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) 50 promotion (Zhang et al. 2013)
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) 100 promotion (Bai et al. 2020)
Triticale (Triticale hexaploide) 20 promotion (Guo et al. 2022)
Maize (Zea mays) 250 promotion (Muhammad et al. 2023)
Aged Maize (Zea mays) 10 promotion (Deng et al. 2017)
Oat (Avena sativa) 200 promotion (Yan et al. 2020; Yan et al., 2021)
Salt stress Wheat (Triticum aestivum) 1 or 300 promotion (Wang et al. 2022; Zhang et al. 2021b)
Halophyte sea lavender (Limonium bicolor) 1 promotion (Li et al. 2019)
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) 20 promotion (Chen et al. 2020b, 2021)
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) 150 promotion (Yu et al. 2021)
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) 1 promotion (Zhang et al. 2014, 2017)
Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana) 5 promotion (Simlat et al. 2020)
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) SlCOMT1 overexpression promotion (Ge et al. 2023)
Arabidopsis thaliana VvSNAT1 overexpression promotion (Wu et al. 2021)
Cr stress Wheat(Triticum aestivum) 100 promotion (Lei et al. 2021)
Rice (Oryza sativa) 50 promotion (Li et al. 2022a)
Cu stress Rice(Oryza sativa) 100 promotion (Li et al. 2022b)
Red cabbage (Brassica oleracea rubrum) 10 promotion (Posmyk et al. 2008)
Dark Almond (Prunus dulcis) 20 promotion (García-Sánchez et al. 2022)
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) 20 promotion (Xiao et al. 2019)
Soil Soybean(Glycine max) 50 promotion (Wei et al. 2015)
1 mM ABA Melon (Cucumis melo) 500 promotion (Li et al. 2021b)