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 …

Silicon (Si) is one of the essential and important elements that plays a vital role in the growth
and productivity of crop plants by improving their nutritional status. The exogenous …

Although silicon (Si) has not been recognized as an essential element for plant growth, the
beneficial effects of Si have been observed in a wide variety of plant species. The beneficial …

Food security relies on plant productivity and plant's resilience to climate change driven
environmental stresses. Plants employ diverse adaptive mechanisms of stress-signalling …

Silicon (Si) is a beneficial macronutrient for plants. The Si supplementation to growth media
mitigates abiotic and biotic stresses by regulating several physiological, biochemical and …

Silicon is the second most abundant mineral element in soil, it has important role in
alleviating various environmental stresses and enhancing plant resistance against …

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 …

Although silicon (Si) is not recognized as an essential element for general higher plants, it
has beneficial effects on the growth and production of a wide range of plant species. Si is …

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 …

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 …