Silicon in Plants: Advances and Future Prospects

ISBN-13: 9781032097237 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 398 str.

Durgesh Kumar Tripathi; Vijay Pratap Singh; Parvaiz Ahmad

Opis

Silicon in Plants: Advances and Future Prospects presents the beneficial effects of silicon in improving productivity in plants and enhancing the capacity of plants to resist stresses from environmental factors. It compiles recent advances made worldwide in different leading laboratories concerning the role of silicon i

Spis treści

Silicon mineralization in plants: Transport, structure and function. Silicon deposition in monocot plants and its recycling: an overview. Silicon and lignin deposition in plants: an overview. Silicon and proteomics: an overview. Silicon uptake and translocation in plants: recent advances and future prospective. Effect of silicon application under drought stress: Focus on agricultural aspects. Role of silicon under metal stress: an emphasis on root biology. Silicon and its role in management of tissue damage under metal toxicity. Silicon and Horticulture crops: evaluation of silicon uptake and deposition in floristic crops. Silicon and alleviation of salt stress in crops genotypes differing in salt tolerance. Silicon and pathogen resistance in crop plants: an overview. Silicon and insect- pest resistance in crop plants: an overview. Silicon and rust diseases in plants: recent advances and future prospective. Silicon isotopes study in plants: Role and future prospective. Silicon and nanotechnology: role in agriculture and future prospective. Silicon fertilizers: an overview. Silicon and plants: beneficial or essential element? Silicon deposition in dicot plants: an overview. Silicon and nutrient regulation in plants under abiotic stress. Silicon uptake and dynamics in plants: and overview. Advances in silicon research against blast disease. Interaction of silicon and UV-B radiation in plants. Silicon and silicified cells in plants: an overview. Silicon status and its relationship with major physiochemical properties of soils. Effect of silicon on oxidative stress under abiotic stress. Silicon and chromium toxicity in plants: an overview. Silicon and boron toxicity in plants: an overview. Silicon and aluminum toxicity in plants: an overview. Silicon and cadmium toxicity in plants: an overview. Silicon and arsenic toxicity in plants: an overview. Role of silicon under nutrient deficiency: recent advances and future perspective. Role of silicon in plants: present scenario and future prospects. Silicon and heat stress tolerance: an overview. Silicon and antioxidant defense system against abiotic stress in plants: an overview. Silicon and antioxidant defense system against biotic stress in plants: an overview. Mechanisms of silicon-mediated alleviation of abiotic stress in plants: Recent advances and 
future perspective. Biochemical and molecular mechanisms of silicon-mediated alleviation of biotic stress in plants: Recent advances and future perspective. Silicon and apoplast and symplast talk in plants under metal stress: Recent advances and future perspective. Silicon nutrition and crop improvement: Recent advances and future perspective.

O autorze

Durgesh Kumar Tripathi, Vijay Pratap Singh, Parvaiz Ahmad, Devendra Kumar Chauhan, Sheo Mohan Prasad