The effect of exogenous spraying of melatonin on the transcriptome of pomegranate seedlings

Salt stress is a key adverse factor restricting the cultivation of Tunisian soft-seeed pomegranate (Punica granatum L.). Melatonin has shown significant application potential in alleviating physiological damage caused by salt stress. However, research on melatonin in pomegranates is still in its infancy, especially at the molecular level of the salt stress response mechanism, where systematic studies are still lacking. Therefore, it is of vital importance to explore the molecular mechanism by which melatonin regulates the salt tolerance of pomegranates.