Silicon and Nano-silicon in Environmental Stress Management and Crop Quality Improvement

Progress and Prospects

Hassan Etesami, Abdullah H. Al Saeedi, Hassan El-Ramady, Masayuki Fujita, Mohammad Pessarakli, Mohammad Anwar Hossain

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9780323998222
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Agriculture
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Silicon and Nano-silicon in Environmental Stress Management and Crop Quality Improvement: Progress and Prospects provides a comprehensive overview of the latest understanding of the physiological, biochemical and molecular basis of silicon- and nano-silicon-mediated environmental stress tolerance and crop quality improvements in plants. The book not only covers silicon-induced biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in crops but is also the first to include nano-silicon-mediated approaches to environmental stress tolerance in crops. As nanotechnology has emerged as a prominent tool for enhancing agricultural productivity, and with the production and applications of nanoparticles (NPs) greatly increasing in many industries, this book is a welcomed resource.

• Enables the development of strategies to enhance crop productivity and better utilize natural resources to ensure future food security
• Focuses on silicon- and nano-silicon-mediated environmental stress tolerance
• Addresses the challenges of both biotic and abiotic stresses

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• List of contributors
• About the editors
• Preface
• Chapter 1. Sources of silicon and nano-silicon in soils and plants
• Chapter 2. Silicon and nano-silicon: New frontiers of biostimulants for plant growth and stress amelioration
• Chapter 3. Silicon uptake, acquisition, and accumulation in plants
• Chapter 4. Biological function of silicon in a grassland ecosystem
• Chapter 5. Use of silicon and nano-silicon in agro-biotechnologies
• Chapter 6. The genetics of silicon accumulation in plants
• Chapter 7. Silicon-mediated modulations of genes and secondary metabolites in plants
• Chapter 8. Silicon improves salinity tolerance in crop plants: Insights into photosynthesis, defense system, and production of phytohormones
• Chapter 9. Nanosilicon-mediated salt stress tolerance in plants
• Chapter 10. Silicon- and nanosilicon-mediated drought and waterlogging stress tolerance in plants
• Chapter 11. Silicon and nanosilicon mediated heat stress tolerance in plants
• Chapter 12. Silicon-mediated cold stress tolerance in plants
• Chapter 13. Silicon and nano-silicon mediated heavy metal stress tolerance in plants
• Chapter 14. Silicon- and nanosilicon-mediated disease resistance in crop plants
• Chapter 15. Silicon and nanosilicon mitigate nutrient deficiency under stress for sustainable crop improvement
• Chapter 16. Silicon as a natural plant guard against insect pests
• Chapter 17. Recent developments in silica-nanoparticles mediated insect pest management in agricultural crops
• Chapter 18. The combined use of silicon/nanosilicon and arbuscular mycorrhiza for effective management of stressed agriculture: Action mechanisms and future prospects
• Chapter 19. Biodissolution of silica by rhizospheric silicate-solubilizing bacteria
• Chapter 20. Silicon and nano-silicon in plant nutrition and crop quality
• Chapter 21. Effect of silicon and nanosilicon application on rice yield and quality
• Chapter 22. Biological impacts on silicon availability and cycling in agricultural plant-soil systems
• Chapter 23. Nanosilica-mediated plant growth and environmental stress tolerance in plants: mechanisms of action
• Chapter 24. Manipulation of silicon metabolism in plants for stress tolerance
• Chapter 25. Directions for future research to use silicon and silicon nanoparticles to increase crops tolerance to stresses and improve their quality
• Index