Role of silicon under contrasting biotic and abiotic stress conditions provides benefits for climate smart cropping

V Thakral, JA Bhat, N Kumar, B Myaka… - Environmental and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Silicon (Si) is one of the abundant elements on earth known to have numerous beneficial
effects on plant growth and development. These benefits are more prominent specifically …

Silicon (Si): Review and future prospects on the action mechanisms in alleviating biotic and abiotic stresses in plants

H Etesami, BR Jeong - Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 2018 - Elsevier
In the era present, due to increasing incidences of a large number of different biotic and
abiotic stresses all over the world, the growth of plants (principal crops) may be restrained by …

[HTML][HTML] Exploration of silicon functions to integrate with biotic stress tolerance and crop improvement

XP Song, KK Verma, DD Tian, XQ Zhang… - Biological …, 2021 - SciELO Chile
In the era of climate change, due to increased incidences of a wide range of various
environmental stresses, especially biotic and abiotic stresses around the globe, the …

[HTML][HTML] Silicon regulates potential genes involved in major physiological processes in plants to combat stress

A Manivannan, YK Ahn - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Physiological and molecular insights into the role of silicon in improving plant performance under abiotic stresses

S Bhardwaj, D Sharma, S Singh, PC Ramamurthy… - Plant and Soil, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Silicon (Si) is well-thought-out as a “multi-talented” quasi-essential facet
due to its advantageous appearance in improving plant physiology, mostly under stressful …

[HTML][HTML] Role of silicon in plants

RK Deshmukh, JF Ma, RR Bélanger - Frontiers in plant science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Silicon (Si), the second most abundant element on earth surface, is rapidly gaining attention
in agriculture because of its many beneficial effects for plants. Hundreds of studies …

Silicon biology in crops under abiotic stress: A paradigm shift and cross-talk between genomics and proteomics

K Lesharadevi, T Parthasarathi, S Muneer - Journal of Biotechnology, 2021 - Elsevier
Silicon is a beneficial element to improve the biological process, growth, development, and
crop productivity. The review mainly focuses on the advantage of crops supplemented with …

[PDF][PDF] Role of silicon in counteracting abiotic and biotic plant stresses

D Bhatt, G Sharma - IJCS, 2018 - academia.edu
Food security has been a major concern in India so to fulfil the nutritional needs of the
people, numerous attempts are being made to defeat hunger. Since ages, the use of …

[HTML][HTML] The multiple role of silicon nutrition in alleviating environmental stresses in sustainable crop production

S Kovács, E Kutasy, J Csajbók - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
In addition to the application of macronutrients (N, P, K), there has been an increasing
interest in studying the effects of different micronutrients on growth and development in plant …

Effect of silicon micronutrient on plant's cellular signaling cascades in stimulating plant growth by mitigating the environmental stressors

V Shanmugaiah, A Gauba, SK Hari, R Prasad… - Plant Growth …, 2023 - Springer
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 …