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 …

Abstract Aluminium (Al) and silicon (Si) are abundant in soils, but their availability for plant
uptake is limited by low solubility. However, Al toxicity is a major problem in naturally …

Crops may take benefits from silicon (Si) uptake in soil. Plant available Si (PAS) can be
affected by natural weathering processes or by anthropogenic forces such as agriculture …

Silicon (Si) has been well-known to enhance plant resistance to heavy-metal stress.
However, the mechanisms by which silicon mitigates heavy-metal stress in plants are not …

Background Silicon (Si) is categorized as a quasi-essential element for plants thanks to the
benefits on growth, development and metabolism in a hormetic manner. Si uptake is …

That silicon is an important element in global biogeochemical cycles is widely recognised.
Recently, its relevance for global crop production has gained increasing attention in light of …

The sustainability of agroecosystems are maintained with agro-chemicals. However, after
more than 80 years of intensive use, many pests and pathogens have developed resistance …

Phytoliths, microscopic deposits of hydrated silica within plants, play a myriad of functional
roles in extant tracheophytes–yet their evolutionary origins and the original selective …

With interest, we read the Letter by Exley & Guerriero (2019; in this issue of New Phytologist,
pp. 511–513)'A reappraisal of biological silicification in plants?'in response to our recent …

Silicon has been recognized an important element in global biogeochemical cycles for a
long time. Recently, its relevance for global crop production gains increasing attention …