Application of silicon (Si) could greatly boost rice yield and mitigate abiotic stress, especially
drought. A field experiment was conducted during 2015 at the research farm of Hong Duc
University, Thanh Hoa City, Vietnam, to evaluate the effects of five different combined doses
of standard fertilizer practice and Si fertilizer on growth, yield and yield components, as well
as nutrient uptake of rice. The treatments consisted of the recommended dose of fertilizer
(RDF, 110 kg/hm 2 N+ 90 kg/hm 2 P 2 O 5+ 80 kg/hm 2 K 2 O) as the control, RDF+ 100 …

Application of silicon (Si) could greatly boost rice yield and mitigate abiotic stress, especially
drought. A field experiment was conducted during 2015 at the research farm of Hong Duc
University, Thanh Hoa City, Vietnam, to evaluate the effects of five different combined doses
of standard fertilizer practice and Si fertilizer on growth, yield and yield components, as well
as nutrient uptake of rice. The treatments consisted of the recommended dose of fertilizer
(RDF, 110 kg/hm2 N+ 90 kg/hm2 P2O5+ 80 kg/hm2 K2O) as the control, RDF+ 100 kg/hm2 …