[Terry_Roll]

Plants picked in darkness have higher levels of melatonin (sleep hormone) in them than plants picked in daylight according to one study.

[ch4s3]

Do you have a citation for that? Google scholar isn't turning anything up for me, and I'm interested.

[lionsdan]

Maybe this? "Melatonin synthesis in rice seedlings in vivo is enhanced at high temperatures and under dark conditions due to increased serotonin N-acetyltransferase and N-acetylserotonin methyltransferase activities"

https://doi.org/10.1111/jpi.12111

[ch4s3]

"The opposite effect occurred during the night, in which the positive effect of darkness on melatonin synthesis was counteracted by the negative effect of a low temperature."

Seems suspect.