Silicon in plants : advances and future prospects / edited by, Durgesh Kumar Tripathi. [et al.]. - 1 online resource (xiv, 384 pages)

ch. 1. Mechanisms of silicon-mediated alleviation of abiotic stress in plants : recent advances and future perspective / Denis Liska. [et al.] -- ch. 2. Role of silicon under nutrient deficiency : recent advances and future perspective / Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman. [et al.] -- ch. 3. Regulatory mechanisms by silicon to overcome the salinity-induced imbalance of essential nutrient elements / Prabhakaran Soundararajan, Abinaya Manivannan, and Byoung Ryong Jeong -- ch. 4. Silicon : a potential element to impart resistance to photosynthetic machinery under different abiotic stresses / Gausiya Bashri. [et al.] -- ch. 5. Silicon and heavy metal tolerance of plants / Clistenes Williams Araujo do Nascimento and Karina Patricia Vieira da Cunha -- ch. 6. Silicon and nanotechnology : role in agriculture and future perspectives / Anita Singh, Shikha Singh, and Sheo Mohan Prasad -- ch. 7. Silicon and floricultural crops : evaluation of silicon uptake and deposition in floricultural plants / Yoo Gyeong Park. [et al.] -- ch. 8. Silicon and alleviation of salt stress in crop genotypes differing in salt tolerance / Muhammad Shahzad, Abdul Qadir, and Sajid Masood -- ch. 9. Silicon-mediated modulations of genes and secondary metabolites in plants : a comprehensive overview / Abinaya Manivannan, Prabhakaran Soundararajan, and Byoung Ryong Jeong -- ch. 10. Role of silicon under heavy metal and toxic element stress : an emphasis on root biology / Marek Vaculik and Miroslava Vaculikova -- ch. 11. Silicon uptake and translocation in plants : recent advances and future perspectives / Anuradha Patel. [et al.] -- ch. 12. Silicon and chromium toxicity in plants : an overview / Rehan Ahmad. [et al.] -- ch. 13. Role of silicon plants : present scenario and future prospects / Shweta. [et al.] -- ch. 14. Silicon and cadmium toxicity in plants : an overview / Fakhir Hannan. [et al.] -- ch. 15. Roles of silicon in improving drought tolerance in plants / Hemmat Khattab -- ch. 16. Silicon nutrition and crop improvement : recent advances and future perspective / Arkadiusz Artyszak and Katarzyna Kucinska -- ch. 17. Silicon and antioxidant defense system against abiotic stresses in plants : an overview / Muhamma Zia-ur-Rehman. [et al.] -- ch. 18. Silicon nutrition and rice crop improvement in Iran : recent advances and future perspectives / Allahyar Fallah -- ch. 19. Efficacy of silicon against aluminum toxicity in plants : an overview / Durgesh Kumar Tripathi. [et al.].

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Silicon in agriculture.

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