Silicon cycling in soils revisited

J Schaller, D Puppe, D Kaczorek, R Ellerbrock… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Silicon (Si) speciation and availability in soils is highly important for ecosystem functioning,
because Si is a beneficial element for plant growth. Si chemistry is highly complex compared …

Improvement of plant responses by nanobiofertilizer: a step towards sustainable agriculture

N Akhtar, N Ilyas, TA Meraj, A Pour-Aboughadareh… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Drastic changes in the climate and ecosystem due to natural or anthropogenic activities
have severely affected crop production globally. This concern has raised the need to …

Silicon in the soil–plant continuum: Intricate feedback mechanisms within ecosystems

O Katz, D Puppe, D Kaczorek, NB Prakash, J Schaller - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plants' ability to take up silicon from the soil, accumulate it within their tissues and then
reincorporate it into the soil through litter creates an intricate network of feedback …

Plants sustain the terrestrial silicon cycle during ecosystem retrogression

F de Tombeur, BL Turner, E Laliberté, H Lambers… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The biogeochemical silicon cycle influences global primary productivity and carbon cycling,
yet changes in silicon sources and cycling during long-term development of terrestrial …

Theory and application of a Si-based defense barrier for plants: Implications for soil-plant-atmosphere system health

Z Pang, H Peng, S Lin, Y Liang - Critical Reviews in Environmental …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Phytolith‐rich biochar: A potential Si fertilizer in desilicated soils

Z Li, B Delvaux - Gcb Bioenergy, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Silicon (Si) is beneficial to plants since it increases photosynthetic efficiency, and alleviates
biotic and abiotic stresses. In the most highly weathered and desilicated soils, plant …

Effects of phytolithic rice-straw biochar, soil buffering capacity and pH on silicon bioavailability

Z Li, D Unzué-Belmonte, JT Cornelis, CV Linden… - Plant and Soil, 2019 - Springer
Aims Supplying phytolith-rich biochar in agrosystems increases soil pH, CEC and nutrient
availability, adding to the impact of Si uptake on plant growth. Here we studied this specific …

Silicon dynamics through the lens of soil-plant-animal interactions: perspectives for agricultural practices

F de Tombeur, P Roux, JT Cornelis - Plant and Soil, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Silicon (Si) is increasingly recognized as a pivotal beneficial element
for plants in ecology and agricultural sciences, but soil-plant Si cycling has been considered …

Silicon and plant natural defenses against insect pests: Impact on plant volatile organic compounds and cascade effects on multitrophic interactions

N Leroy, F De Tombeur, Y Walgraffe, JT Cornélis… - Plants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Environmental factors controlling silicon (Si) accumulation in terrestrial plant are key drivers
to alleviate plant biotic stresses, including insect herbivory. While there is a general …

Silicon as a potential limiting factor for phosphorus availability in paddy soils

J Schaller, B Wu, W Amelung, Z Hu, M Stein… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Rice cultivation requires high amounts of phosphorus (P). However, significant amounts of P
fertilizer additions may be retained by iron (Fe) oxides and are thus unavailable for plants. At …