Physiological and transcriptional regulation of cadmium stress tolerance in ornamental pepper by silicon nanoparticles and melatonin.
Nanotechnology has been established as a promising approach to improve heavy metal stress tolerance in horticultural crops. Melatonin (MT) is an emerging biostimulant for inducing stress resistance in plants. In this study, we evaluated the individual and combined effects of silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs; 50 mg L-1) and...