Drought stress impacts on plants and different approaches to alleviate its adverse effects

MF Seleiman, N Al-Suhaibani, N Ali, M Akmal… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Drought stress, being the inevitable factor that exists in various environments without
recognizing borders and no clear warning thereby hampering plant biomass production …

Contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, phosphate–solubilizing bacteria, and silicon to P uptake by plant

H Etesami, BR Jeong, BR Glick - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Phosphorus (P) availability is usually low in soils around the globe. Most soils have a
deficiency of available P; if they are not fertilized, they will not be able to satisfy the P …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of silicon on heavy metal uptake at the soil-plant interphase: A review

I Khan, SA Awan, M Rizwan, S Ali, MJ Hassan… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Silicon (Si) is the second richest element in the soil and surface of earth crust with a variety
of positive roles in soils and plants. Different soil factors influence the Si bioavailability in soil …

Functions of silicon in plant drought stress responses

M Wang, R Wang, LAJ Mur, J Ruan… - Horticulture …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Silicon (Si), the second most abundant element in Earth's crust, exerts beneficial effects on
the growth and productivity of a variety of plant species under various environmental …

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 …

Significance of silicon uptake, transport, and deposition in plants

R Mandlik, V Thakral, G Raturi, S Shinde… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Numerous studies have shown the beneficial effects of silicon (Si) for plant growth,
particularly under stress conditions, and hence a detailed understanding of the mechanisms …

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 …

Role of silicon in mitigation of heavy metal stresses in crop plants

JA Bhat, SM Shivaraj, P Singh, DB Navadagi… - Plants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Over the past few decades, heavy metal contamination in soil and water has increased due
to anthropogenic activities. The higher exposure of crop plants to heavy metal stress …

Silicon and plants: current knowledge and technological perspectives

M Luyckx, JF Hausman, S Lutts… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Elemental silicon (Si), after oxygen, is the second most abundant element in the earth's
crust, which is mainly composed of silicates. Si is not considered essential for plant growth …

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 …