Melatonin and water treatment of eggplant leaves under salt stress

In this study, we initially treated eggplant plants under salt stress with melatonin and found that melatonin could alleviate the salt stress conditions in eggplants. Subsequently, we conducted transcriptomic and metabolomic sequencing and joint analysis on the eggplant plants subjected to salt stress, as well as those treated with melatonin and a control group sprayed with water. Our aim is to identify the molecular mechanisms by which melatonin alleviates salt stress in eggplant plants. This research provides a theoretical basis for the application of melatonin in mitigating salt stress in vegetables and for breeding eggplant varieties resistant to salt stress from a molecular breeding perspective.