Table 5 Potential applications of melatonin to overcome pest and disease management in fruit crops
From: Unlocking the sustainable role of melatonin in fruit production and stress tolerance: a review
Fruits | Pathogen/Disease | Treated part with concentration | Impact on fruit | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Grape | Botrytis cinerea | Berries (2 mmol/L−1) | Inhibited an increase in cell membrane permeability and activated defence responses | Li et al. (2022) |
Apple | Anthracnose | 600 μmol/L | Enhanced resistance to anthracnose disease | |
Jujube | Alternaria rot | 200 μmol/L | prolonged the disease resistance by managing reactive oxygen species metabolism | |
Papaya | Anthracnose | 400 μmol/L | delayed fruit softening and reducing anthracnose incidence | |
Citrus | Green mold (Penicillium digitatum) | – | Decreased resistance to green mold | Lin et al. (2019) |
Blueberry | Alternaria alternata, Botrytis cinerea, and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides | 0.3Â mmol/L | Induced the activation of jasmonic acid signaling and phenylpropane pathways as defense responses | Qu et al. (2022) |
Strawberry | Gray mold (Botrytis cinerea) | 100 µM | Enhanced the gathering of DPPH scavenging capacity and reduced B. cinerea infection | Promyou et al. (2023) |
Litchi | Downy blight | – | induced resistance to downy blight by modulating the phenylpropanoid and pentose phosphate pathways | Zhang et al. (2021) |
Pear | Botryosphaeria dothidea | 100 μΜ | Increased resistance to B. dothidea by enhancing the autophagic activity and soluble sugar/organic acid accretion | |
Apple | Gray mold | (Meyerozyma guilliermondii Y-1 (1 × 10-8 cells/mL+ 100 μmol/L) | Effective against gray mold |