Due to the frequent occurrence of extreme weather and severe environmental pollution, food
security and human survival are at risk. Silicon, a key element in plant nutrition and …

The rhizosphere contains both essential nutrients and potentially harmful substances for
plant growth. Plants, as sessile organisms, must efficiently absorb the necessary nutrients …

Running bamboos are a group of clonal plants exhibiting rapid and widespread expansion.
They possess two root subsystems, arising from different shoot parts, culm roots and …

Soil cadmium (Cd) pollution has emerged as a pressing concern due to its deleterious
impacts on both plant physiology and human well-being. Silicon (Si) is renowned for its …

Background Si can be important for the growth, functioning, and stoichiometric regulation of
nutrients for high-Si-accumulating bamboo. However, other trees do not actively take up …

In response to herbivory, many grasses, including crops such as wheat, accumulate
significant levels of silicon (Si) as an antiherbivore defence. Damage-induced increases in …

Conclusions Recent work has suggested that [PhytOC] could be much greater than currently
acknowledged, but also highly variable and dependent on cell silicification types. A short …

Many temperate grasses are both hyper‐accumulators of silicon (Si) and hosts of Epichloë
fungal endophytes, functional traits which may alleviate environmental stresses such as …

Heavy metal contamination poses a significant threat to food security, requiring the
development of plant protection measures. Silicon (Si) deposition on rice roots can inhibit …

Plant‐available silicon (Si) concentrations vary considerably across tropical soils, yet the
ecological importance of that variation remains largely unresolved. Increased Si availability …