Silicon (Si) is a beneficial macronutrient for plants. The Si supplementation to growth media
mitigates abiotic and biotic stresses by regulating several physiological, biochemical and …

Silicon (Si), the quasi-essential element occurs as the second most abundant element in the
earth's crust. Biological importance of Si in plant kingdom has become inevitable particularly …

Food security relies on plant productivity and plant's resilience to climate change driven
environmental stresses. Plants employ diverse adaptive mechanisms of stress-signalling …

Unfavorable environmental conditions are the critical inimical to the sustainable agriculture.
Among various novel strategies designed to protect plants from abiotic stress threats, use of …

Micronutrient silicon (Si) is receiving increasing attention in agriculture for its benefits to
plant growth and stress tolerance. Plants have developed a highly efficient Si-transport …

Sustainable agricultural production is critically antagonistic by fluctuating unfavorable
environmental conditions. The introduction of mineral elements emerged as the most …

Abiotic stresses, such as salinity, heavy metals and drought, are some of the most
devastating factors hindering sustainable crop production today. Plants use their own …

Silicon (Si) is one of the essential and important elements that plays a vital role in the growth
and productivity of crop plants by improving their nutritional status. The exogenous …

Silicon (Si), a bioactive metalloid is beneficial for plant growth and development. It also plays
a key role in the amelioration of different abiotic and biotic stresses. Extensive studies have …

Silicon (Si) is the second most abundant element present on the lithosphere and a quasi-
essential element for plants' cellular and developmental processes. Si is associated with …