Interactions of silicon with essential and beneficial elements in plants

J Pavlovic, L Kostic, P Bosnic, EA Kirkby… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Silicon (Si) is not classified as an essential element for plants, but numerous studies have
demonstrated its beneficial effects in a variety of species and environmental conditions …

Application of nanoparticles alleviates heavy metals stress and promotes plant growth: An overview

P Zhou, M Adeel, N Shakoor, M Guo, Y Hao, I Azeem… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nanotechnology is playing a significant role in addressing a vast range of environmental
challenges by providing innovative and effective solutions. Heavy metal (HM) contamination …

The controversies of silicon's role in plant biology

D Coskun, R Deshmukh, H Sonah, JG Menzies… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Contents Summary 67 I. Introduction 68 II. Silicon transport in plants: to absorb or not to
absorb 69 III. The role of silicon in plants: not just a matter of semantics 71 IV. Silicon and …

Silicon regulates antioxidant activities of crop plants under abiotic-induced oxidative stress: a review

YH Kim, AL Khan, M Waqas, IJ Lee - Frontiers in plant science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Silicon (Si) is the second most abundant element in soil, where its availability to plants can
exhilarate to 10% of total dry weight of the plant. Si accumulation/transport occurs in the …

Silicon nanoparticles more effectively alleviated UV-B stress than silicon in wheat (Triticum aestivum) seedlings

DK Tripathi, S Singh, VP Singh, SM Prasad… - Plant physiology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The role of silicon (Si) in alleviating biotic as well as abiotic stresses is well known. However,
the potential of silicon nanoparticle (SiNP) in regulating abiotic stress and associated …

Effects of silicon nanoparticles on growth and physiology of wheat in cadmium contaminated soil under different soil moisture levels

ZS Khan, M Rizwan, M Hafeez, S Ali, M Adrees… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Soil degradation with different stress conditions like accumulation of cadmium (Cd) contents
in soil and drought stress has become one of the most dangerous issues that obstruct the …

Impact of silica ions and nano silica on growth and productivity of pea plants under salinity stress

LM Ismail, MI Soliman, MH Abd El-Aziz… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The present study was conducted to evaluate the effects of silicon (Si) and nano-silicon
(NSi) on growth, yield, ions content, and antioxidant defense systems, including transcript …

Consistent alleviation of abiotic stress with silicon addition: a meta‐analysis

J Cooke, MR Leishman - Functional Ecology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Hundreds of single species studies have demonstrated the facility of silicon (Si) to alleviate
diverse abiotic stresses in plants. Understanding of the mechanisms of Si‐mediated stress …

Mechanisms of silicon-mediated amelioration of salt stress in plants

B Liu, P Soundararajan, A Manivannan - Plants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Silicon (Si), the second most predominant element in the earth crust consists of numerous
benefits to plant. Beneficial effect of Si has been apparently visible under both abiotic and …

An in vivo perspective of the role (s) of the alternative oxidase pathway

NF Del-Saz, M Ribas-Carbo, AE McDonald… - Trends in Plant …, 2018 - cell.com
Despite intense research on the in vitro characterization of regulatory factors modulating the
alternative oxidase (AOX) pathway, the regulation of its activity in vivo is still not fully …