- Title
- Growth, Nutrient Accumulation, and Drought Tolerance in Crop Plants with Silicon Application: A Review
- Creator
- Rea, Rafea Sultana; Islam, Mohammad Rafiqul; Rahman, Mohammad Mahmudur; Nath, Bibhash; Mix, Ken
- Relation
- Sustainability Vol. 14, Issue 8, no. 4525
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14084525
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- Plants take up silicon (Si) from the soil which impacts their growth and nutrient accumulation. It increases plant resistance to abiotic and biotic stresses such as drought, salinity, and heavy metal, diseases, and pest infestation. However, until recently, research of Si application on the crop is limited. This article reviews the recent progress of research on Si application on crop growth and yield, nutrient availability in soil and accumulation, and drought tolerance of crop plants. The review’s findings show that Si improves crop development and output under stressful environmental conditions. Silicon increases the availability and accumulation of both macronutrients (nitrogen, potassium, calcium, and sulphur) and micronutrients (iron and manganese). It improves drought resistance by increasing plant water usage efficiency and reducing water loss during transportation. Silicon application is a crucial aspect of crop productivity because of all of these favorable attributes. The gaps in current understandings are identified. Based on the outcome of the present research, future scopes of research on this field are proposed.
- Subject
- growth; nutrients; drought; silicon; plants; SDG 8; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1458403
- Identifier
- uon:45418
- Identifier
- ISSN:2071-1050
- Rights
- © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Language
- eng
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