Silicon as a Sustainable Solution for Mitigating Abiotic and Biotic Stress in Plants

Silicon as a Sustainable Solution for Mitigating Abiotic and Biotic Stress in Plants, Volume 118 in the Advances in Botanical Research series, presents interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including Silicon in Soil and Plant, Silicon Transporters in Agronomic Crops, The Role of Silicon in Sustainable Disease Management of Monocot Plants, Silicon in the Management of Diseases in Dicot Crops, Silicon and Biocontrol Agents for Plant Growth and Control of Diseases in Rice, Silicon for the Control of Insect Herbivores in Agronomic Crops, Silicon-Driven Phenotypic Induction Enhances Physiological Tolerance to Water Deficit and Waterlogging in Agronomic Crops, and much more. Additional sections cover Silicon Nutrition for Sugarcane Production, Silicon Nutrition of Agronomic Crops, Physiological Aspects of Silicon in Plants under Stress, and Alleviation of Heavy Metal Stress in Plants by Silicon.