TY - JOUR AU1 - Mishra, Sonal AU2 - Bagal, Diksha AU3 - Chowdhary, Aksar Ali AU4 - Mehrotra, Shakti AU5 - Rai, Gyanendra Kumar AU6 - Gandhi, Sumit G. AU7 - Bhau, Brijmohan Singh AU8 - El-Demerdash, Amr AU9 - Srivastava, Vikas AB - Melatonin (MT, an indoleamine, N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) is distributed broadly in distant life forms and is responsible for multiple functions in plants. Phytomelatonin functions as an antioxidant, and now its role as a phytohormone-candidate is well established. Current understanding advocates phytomelatonin as a regulator for plant growth, development, and an effective molecule for stress-alleviation. Among various types of stresses, salinity largely influences plant productivity and causes significant crop loss. Phytomelatonin production is significantly stimulated under salt stress, which mitigates the salinity effect by either serving as an antioxidant or suppressing the salinity-induced undesired features. Phytomelatonin interacts with other signals (e.g., SA, ET, H2S, ABA, NO, etc.) during this function, responsible for salt mitigation. The current review expands on the role of phytomelatonin in salinity and its interactions with other signaling molecules. Further, the review identifies some missing links, which are essential to carry this research ahead and provides relevant discussion to formulate further prospects in phytomelatonin-mediated salinity tolerance in crops. TI - Signal crosstalk of phytomelatonin during salinity stress tolerance in plants JF - Plant Growth Regulation DO - 10.1007/s10725-023-01011-2 DA - 2023-09-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/signal-crosstalk-of-phytomelatonin-during-salinity-stress-tolerance-in-aeC067B2fL SP - 35 EP - 51 VL - 101 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -