Plant nutrition: An effective way to alleviate abiotic stress in agricultural crops

VV Kumari, P Banerjee, VC Verma… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
By the year 2050, the world's population is predicted to have grown to around 9–10 billion
people. The food demand in many countries continues to increase with population growth …

The role of plant growth-promoting bacteria in alleviating the adverse effects of drought on plants

K Abdelaal, M AlKahtani, K Attia, Y Hafez, L Király… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Among abiotic stress factors, drought is one of the most detrimental factors
in arid and semiarid regions, causing a significant decrease in plant growth and yield in …

Salinity stress and nanoparticles: Insights into antioxidative enzymatic resistance, signaling, and defense mechanisms

A Singh, VD Rajput, R Sharma, K Ghazaryan… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Salinized land is slowly spreading across the world. Reduced crop yields and quality due to
salt stress threaten the ability to feed a growing population. We discussed the mechanisms …

Nanoparticles potentially mediate salt stress tolerance in plants

F Zulfiqar, M Ashraf - Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
In the era of climate change, salt stress is a promising threat to agriculture, limiting crop
production via imposing primary effects such as osmotic and ionic, as well as secondary …

Multidimensional role of silicon to activate resilient plant growth and to mitigate abiotic stress

RA Mir, BA Bhat, H Yousuf, ST Islam, A Raza… - Frontiers in plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Sustainable agricultural production is critically antagonistic by fluctuating unfavorable
environmental conditions. The introduction of mineral elements emerged as the most …

Silicon nanoparticles in higher plants: Uptake, action, stress tolerance, and crosstalk with phytohormones, antioxidants, and other signalling molecules

M Mukarram, P Petrik, Z Mushtaq, MMA Khan… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Silicon is absorbed as uncharged mono-silicic acid by plant roots through passive
absorption of Lsi1, an influx transporter belonging to the aquaporin protein family. Lsi2 then …

Chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and antioxidant defense system can display salt tolerance of salt acclimated sweet pepper plants treated with chitosan and plant …

MDF ALKahtani, KA Attia, YM Hafez, N Khan, AM Eid… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Salinity stress deleteriously affects the growth and yield of many plants. Plant growth
promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and chitosan both play an important role in combating …

Evaluation of silicon and proline application on the oxidative machinery in drought-stressed sugar beet

MDF AlKahtani, YM Hafez, K Attia, E Rashwan… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Drought stress deleteriously affects growth, development and productivity in plants. So, we
examined the silicon effect (2 mmol) and proline (10 mmol) individually or the combination …

Silica nanoparticles promote wheat growth by mediating hormones and sugar metabolism

Y Li, K Xi, X Liu, S Han, X Han, G Li, L Yang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) have been demonstrated to have
beneficial effects on plant growth and development, especially under biotic and abiotic …

The multiple role of silicon nutrition in alleviating environmental stresses in sustainable crop production

S Kovács, E Kutasy, J Csajbók - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
In addition to the application of macronutrients (N, P, K), there has been an increasing
interest in studying the effects of different micronutrients on growth and development in plant …