Potential Role of Silicon in Plants Against Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

In climate change scenarios, biotic and abiotic stresses are among the serious environmental strains that limit agricultural productivity worldwide. Silicon (Si) compounds are now getting much attention in agriculture as a result of explorations into their beneficial effects on plant growth, and dev...

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Published in:SILICON 2023-05, Vol.15 (7), p.3283-3303
Main Authors: Ahmed, Syed Riaz, Anwar, Zunaira, Shahbaz, Umar, Skalicky, Milan, Ijaz, Aqsa, Tariq, Muhammad Sayyam, Zulfiqar, Usman, Brestic, Marian, Alabdallah, Nadiyah M., Alsubeie, Moodi Saham, Mujtaba, Hassan, Saeed, Abdul Manan, Zahra, Tafseer, Hasan, Md. Mahadi, Firdous, Hina, Razzaq, Abdul, Zafar, Muhammad Mubashar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abiotic stress
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Chlorophyll
Crops
Damage prevention
Environmental Chemistry
Flowers & plants
Fungicides
Genes
Genetic engineering
Genetically altered foods
Genomes
Herbicides
Inorganic Chemistry
Lasers
Materials Science
Nutrients
Optical Devices
Optics
Original Paper
Photonics
Physiology
Plant growth
Polymer Sciences
Productivity
Rice
Silicon
Silicon compounds
Sorghum
Wheat
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Summary:In climate change scenarios, biotic and abiotic stresses are among the serious environmental strains that limit agricultural productivity worldwide. Silicon (Si) compounds are now getting much attention in agriculture as a result of explorations into their beneficial effects on plant growth, and development under adverse environments. This review seeks to understand the roles of transport pathways, the up- and down-regulation of biochemical responses, and transporter genes in Si’s effects. Exogenous application of Si enhances plant antioxidant defenses and decreases oxidative stress by limiting production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Biofortification is one of the best techniques to reduce biotic and abiotic stresses by enhancing a plant’s capacity to accumulate Si. Identifying the novel genes involved in Si transport and modulating their expression level through genetic engineering is one option being considered to prevent biotic and abiotic damage to crop, and to reduce the applications of toxic pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides.
ISSN:1876-990X
1876-9918
DOI:10.1007/s12633-022-02254-w