Long period of intensive crop cultivation deplete the available soil silicon (Si). Depletion of
available Si in the soil could be one of the possible limiting factors amongst others …

Publisher Summary Rice is a Si accumulator; therefore, adequate attention should be given
to the beneficial role that Si nutrition and its management can play in a balanced integrated …

Plants may also be resistant to arthropods via the tolerance category of resistance, as
defined in Chapter 1, by possessing the ability to withstand or recover from damage caused …

Silicon (Si) is one of the most abundant elements found in the earth's crust, but is mostly inert
and only slightly soluble. Agriculture activity tends to remove large quantities of Si from soil …

Populations of plants are subject to attack by pathogens and herbivores at all stages of their
life cycles. Pest pressure may be devastating, as illustrated by the outbreaks of insects apd …

An open recombination system would be of immediate and manifest value to plant species
experiencing pathogen and pest pressures which are intense, systematic, and capable of …

The subject area embraced by the term" biological control" in its classical sense is very
broad indeed. The term itself was apparently first used in 1919 by the late Harry S. Smith …

Silicon (Si) is the second-most abundant element of the Earth's surface. Beginning in 1840,
numerous laboratory, greenhouse, and field experiments have shown benefits of application …

(1) The genetic structure of agricultural plant populations nas long been recognized as an
important factor in their vulnerability or resistance to disease and pest attack. However, in …

Chemical inhibition of feeding has been studied in detail for only a few insect species, but
inhibitory chemicals play a considerable part in host-plant selection by a wide range of …