Heavy metal (HM) contamination has emerged as one of the most damaging abiotic stress
factors due to their prominent release into the environment through industrialization and …

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 …

For the majority of higher plants, silicon (Si) is considered a beneficial element because of
the various favorable effects of Si accumulation in plants that have been revealed, including …

Silica biomineralization is a naturally occurring process, wherein organisms use proteins
and other biological structures to direct the formation of complex, hierarchical …

One function of plant Si is ameliorating stress, including drought and salinity stress, which
can induce active Si uptake in addition to passive uptake via transpiration. However, the …

Although Boraginaceae have been classified as good sources of nectar for many insects,
little is still known about their nectar and nectaries. Thus, in the present contribution, we …

Silica is extensively deposited by plants, however, only little is known about the molecular
control over this process. Siliplant1 is the only known plant protein to precipitate biosilica …

This article presents the microwave-assisted extraction of biosilica from common reed
(Phragmites australis) biomass and the utilization of the resulting aqueous extract to enrich …

Drought stress is a menacing type of abiotic stress caused by low rainfall, high temperature,
etc., where water sparsity condition occurs in soil, affecting the process of plant growth and …

While research on terrestrial silicon (Si) biogeochemistry and its beneficial effects for plants
has received significant attention in last decades, the reasons for the emergence of high-Si …