Although silicon (Si) has not been recognized as an essential element for plant growth, the
beneficial effects of Si have been observed in a wide variety of plant species. The beneficial …

Rice is the most important food security crop and staple food of half of the world population.
Major increases in rice production occurred during the past four decades of last century as a …

Locations of silicon accumulation in rice leaves and its possible association with resistance
to rice blast were investigated by electron microscopy and X-ray microanalysis. A blast …

Blast is one of the most serious diseases of rice worldwide. The pathogen, Pyricularia
grisea, can infect nearly all parts of the shoot and is commonly found on the leaf blade and …

Rice blast caused by Magnaporthe grisea is the major damaging disease in nearly all rice
growing nations. Economically relevance with 60 percent of total population of world …

One would be hard pressed to find a biology graduate who has not heard the story of the
peppered moth, Bistort betularia. In pre-industrial Britain the moths' light, peppered wings …

Rice progenies used for the construction of genetic maps permit exhaustive identification
and characterization of resistance genes present in their parental cultivars. We inoculated a …

The application of silicon (Si) fertilizers reduces the severity of blast, caused by
Magnaporthe grisea, in irrigated and upland rice; however, little research has been …

Silicon (Si) has been shown to suppress diseases of rice such as blast when applied to Si-
deficient soils. In 1995 and 1996, Si was applied at 1,000 kg ha-1 to at two locations in …

Blast-resistant, partially resistant, and susceptible cultivars of rice were planted in soil
amended with Si at 0, 500, or 1,000 kg/ha at two locations in eastern Colombia to assess …