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 …

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 protect themselves against pest attack utilizing both direct and indirect modes of
defense. The direct mode of defense includes morphological, biochemical, and molecular …

Success of plants largely depends on their ability to defend against herbivores. Since
emergence of the first voracious consumers, plants maintained adapting their structures and …

Insect herbivory plays a critical role in the regulation of plant populations and community
structures. Although the strength of insect herbivory varies with neighbouring tree diversity …

Sitobion avenae F. is a highly prevalent and devastating pest in wheat crops, leading to
significant yield losses. Silicon (Si) has been widely recognized as an effective inducer of …

Silicon (Si) is known to alleviate diverse biotic and abiotic stresses including insect
herbivory. Si accumulation in plants, notably the Poaceae, can be induced through …

In response to herbivory, many grasses, including crops such as wheat, accumulate
significant levels of silicon (Si) as an antiherbivore defence. Damage-induced increases in …

Phytochemical toxins have been considered as the ultimate weapon in plants to defend
against herbivorous insects (Howe & Jander, 2008). The inter-and intraspecific variations …

Aims Increasing the leaf silicification of cereal crops to ameliorate defenses against stresses
and improve yields constitutes a major challenge in (sub-) tropical regions with highly …