Melatonin enhances cold tolerance in drought‐primed wild‐type and abscisic acid‐deficient mutant barley

@article{Li2016MelatoninEC,
  title={Melatonin enhances cold tolerance in drought‐primed wild‐type and abscisic acid‐deficient mutant barley},
  author={Xiangnan Li and Dun-Xian Tan and Dong Jiang and Fulai Liu},
  journal={Journal of Pineal Research},
  year={2016},
  volume={61}
}
Melatonin is involved in multiple plant developmental processes and various stress responses. To explore the roles of melatonin played as well as its association with abscisic acid (ABA) in a process of drought priming‐induced cold tolerance (DPICT), a wild‐type barley and its ABA‐deficient mutant Az34 counterpart were selected for comparison, in which the effects of melatonin application (either foliarly or rhizospherically) and/or drought priming on the cold tolerance of both types of barleys… 
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