Functions of silicon in plant drought stress responses

M Wang, R Wang, LAJ Mur, J Ruan… - Horticulture …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Silicon (Si), the second most abundant element in Earth's crust, exerts beneficial effects on
the growth and productivity of a variety of plant species under various environmental …

Multidimensional role of silicon to activate resilient plant growth and to mitigate abiotic stress

RA Mir, BA Bhat, H Yousuf, ST Islam, A Raza… - Frontiers in plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Sustainable agricultural production is critically antagonistic by fluctuating unfavorable
environmental conditions. The introduction of mineral elements emerged as the most …

Role of nanoparticles in enhancing crop tolerance to abiotic stress: A comprehensive review

MT El-Saadony, AM Saad, SM Soliman… - Frontiers in plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Plants are subjected to a wide range of abiotic stresses, such as heat, cold, drought, salinity,
flooding, and heavy metals. Generally, abiotic stresses have adverse impacts on plant …

Role of silicon in plant stress tolerance: opportunities to achieve a sustainable cropping system

SM Zargar, R Mahajan, JA Bhat, M Nazir, R Deshmukh - 3 Biotech, 2019 - Springer
Silicon (Si) being considered as a non-essential element for plant growth and development
finds its role in providing several benefits to the plant, especially under stress conditions …

Mechanisms of silicon-mediated alleviation of drought and salt stress in plants: a review

M Rizwan, S Ali, M Ibrahim, M Farid, M Adrees… - … Science and Pollution …, 2015 - Springer
Drought and salinity are the main abiotic stresses limiting crop yield and quality worldwide.
Improving food production in drought-and salt-prone areas is the key to meet the increasing …

Silicon priming regulates morpho-physiological growth and oxidative metabolism in maize under drought stress

A Parveen, W Liu, S Hussain, J Asghar, S Perveen… - Plants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Seed priming with silicon (Si) is an efficient and easy method to regulate plant tolerance
against different abiotic stresses. A pot experiment was conducted to examine the Si …

Consistent alleviation of abiotic stress with silicon addition: a meta‐analysis

J Cooke, MR Leishman - Functional Ecology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Hundreds of single species studies have demonstrated the facility of silicon (Si) to alleviate
diverse abiotic stresses in plants. Understanding of the mechanisms of Si‐mediated stress …

[HTML][HTML] Silicon-mediated regulation of antioxidant defense and glyoxalase systems confers drought stress tolerance in Brassica napus L.

M Hasanuzzaman, K Nahar, TI Anee, MIR Khan… - South African Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Drought stress is considered as a major constraint for the production of crops around the
world; therefore we need some mechanistic strategies to cope drought stress adverse …

How does silicon mediate plant water uptake and loss under water deficiency?

D Chen, S Wang, L Yin, X Deng - Frontiers in plant science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In plants, water deficiency can result from a deficit of water from the soil, an obstacle to the
uptake of water or the excess water loss; in these cases, the similar consequence is the …

Silicon nutrition in plants under water-deficit conditions: overview and prospects

M Irfan, MA Maqsood, H Rehman, W Mahboob… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Drought is one of the major constraints for sustainable crop production worldwide, especially
in arid and semiarid regions. The global warming and climate change scenario has …