Melatonin from plants, also known as phytomelatonin, was discovered in 1995, and since then, affecting many areas of research related to plants. Thus, the number publications on phytomelatonin has grown exponentially recent years, especially Plant Physiology Molecular studies. In this paper, we try expose great incidence that detection neurohormone plants is having, its relevance such agronomy,...

Biostimulants, are a wide range of organic or synthetic based products which can enhance the plant performance specially in presence of biotic or abiotic stresses (du Jardin, 2015). Usually, the mode of action of observed responses are not well understood. However, there is an agreement that the response should not be due to presence of essential mineral elements, known plant hormones, or disea...

During the past quarter of a century much has been written concerning the place of the so-called trace elements in the economy of plant life. Most of this literature deals with the effects produced upon plants when these elements are absent from the growth substrate and is purely descriptive in nature, portraying the symptoms of deficiency. There is also, in the phvsiological literature of the ...

Legumes establish root symbioses with rhizobia that provide plants with nitrogen (N) through biological N fixation (BNF), as well as with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi that mediate improved plant phosphorus (P) uptake. Such complex relationships complicate our understanding of nutrient acquisition by legumes and how they reward their symbiotic partners with carbon along gradients of environ...

Aristotle' had taught that the food of plants, like that of animals, was not simple, but composed of various combinations of the four elements-Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Plants, however, unlike animals, did not have organs for rendering their food suitable to their purposes, but took in nutriment peculiarly adapted to them. "For plants get their food from the earth by means of their roots; and...

Plants assemble beneficial root-associated microbiomes to support growth, especially in nutrient-poor conditions. To do so, however, plants have to suppress their immune system. Reporting in Nature, Castrillo et al. (2017) identified PHOSPHATE STARVATION RESPONSE1 (PHR1) as a central regulator in this balance between nutrient stress response and immune regulation.

Plant breeders have made and will continue to make important contributions toward meeting the need for more and better feed and food. The use of new techniques to modify the genetic makeup of plants to improve their properties has led to a new generation of crops, grains and their by-products for feed. The use of ingredients and products from genetically modified plants (GMP) in animal nutritio...

Deficiencies of iron and zinc are common worldwide. Various strategies have been used to combat these deficiencies including supplementation, food fortification and modification of food preparation and processing methods. A new possible strategy is to use biotechnology to improve trace element nutrition. Genetic engineering can be used in several ways; the most obvious is to increase the trace ...

Cadmium (Cd) is a highly toxic heavy metal for both plants and animals. The presence of Cd in agricultural soils is of great concern regarding its entry into the food chain. Cadmium enters into the soil-plant environment mainly through anthropogenic activities. Compounds of Cd are more soluble than other heavy metals, so it is more available and readily taken up by plants and accumulates in dif...

CHLORINE NUTRITION OF HIGHER PLANTS: PROGRESS AND PERSPECTIVES Wenrong Chen a; Zhenli L. He a; Xiao E. Yang b; Suren Mishra c;Peter J. Stoffella a a Indian River Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA b Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Ecosystem Health, College of Environme...