Melatonin: A blooming biomolecule for postharvest management of perishable fruits and vegetables

The role of melatonin as a neurotransmitter has been much discussed and studied topic in the animal kingdom but its possible role as a ubiquitous biomolecule with the pleiotropic effect is still at infancy stage in the plant kingdom. Melatonin was just known to be the hormone in the human body which regulates our sleep through its involvement in circadian rhythm or biological clock until its detection in the plant kingdom in the early 90s. Since...