… To benefit from Si, plants must transport it from a soil solution to different tissues. Plant roots
take up Si in the form of silicic acid [Si(OH) 4 ], an uncharged monomeric molecule below pH …

… of Si transport system in different plant species and discuss its essentiality for plant growth. …
localization of Lsi1 and Lsi2 cooperatively forms an efficient directional transport system for …

… ) as an example and revealed an efficient distribution system … of Si in the husk (more than
10%) is achieved by cooperation … ; therefore, plants have developed systems for preferential …

… the field of Si transport and thus better exploit Si to improve … If we are to effectively
exploit Si to improve plant resilience to … of Si acquisition in plants, including the role of Lsi2. …

… , Si-solubilizing microorganisms (SSMs), as bioinoculants to liberate soluble Si and thus
making it available to plants. … , and plant stress tolerance of SSMs and their implementation in Si-…

… of Si on P nutrition, a comprehensive review has not been published. Accordingly, here we
review: (1) the Si uptake, transport and accumulation in various plant … role of Si in improving P …

… Some plants actively accumulate Si as amorphous silica (… its transport activity, expression
pattern and tissue/cellular localization. First we tested the transport activity of SIET4 for Si using …

… The influx and efflux transporters form a cooperative transport system for mineral elements
in the different organs and tissues. Interestingly, some of these transporters show polar …

… Aside from the plant aquaporin-like channels, silicic acid transport … cooperative or non-cooperative
transport kinetics are intrinsic properties of the SITs or instead reflect the assay system …

… nutrient transport. Furthermore, it has been described that silicon can promote plant growth
… However, the potential effects of silicon on the formation and structure of apoplastic barriers …