Silicon (Si) plays a pivotal role in the nutritional status of a wide variety of monocot and dicot
plant species and helps them, whether directly or indirectly, counteract abiotic and/or biotic …

Adequate silicon fertilization greatly boosts rice yield and mitigates biotic and abiotic stress,
and improves grain quality through lowering the content of cadmium and inorganic arsenic …

Rice disease recognition is crucial in automated rice disease diagnosis systems. At present,
deep convolutional neural network (CNN) is generally considered the state-of-the-art …

The use of foliar sprays with silicon compounds is relatively new. Initially (in 1990) foliar
sprays with silicates were used. In 2003, foliar sprays with (stabilized) silicic acid were …

Silicon (Si) is the second most abundant element in the earth's crust and plays a number of
important roles in the mineral nutrition of plants. In the past 20 years, the scientific …

The crust of the earth is largely composed of silicon that is found primarily as silicate
minerals, secondary alumino silicates and various forms of silicon dioxide. However, the …

Plants confront several environmental stresses that are crucial in defining plant productivity.
Among these environmental stresses, drought stress is recognized as the foremost abiotic …

Silicon (Si) is widely accepted as a beneficial element for plants. Despite the substantial
progress made in understanding Si transport mechanisms and modes of action in plants …

Fragrant rice is a high-valued quality rice type which is gaining much popularity over the
globe due to its better cooking qualities and special aromatic characteristics. Selenium (Se) …

Arsenic decreases rice yield, and inorganic grain As threatens human health; thus,
strategies to decrease rice As are critically needed. Increased plant-available silica (Si) can …