Silicon, the silver bullet for mitigating biotic and abiotic stress, and improving grain quality, in rice?

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 120, Issue , 2015, Pages 8-17

  Meharg, Caroline ^a   Meharg, Andrew A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abiotic; Arsenic; Biotic; Cadmium; Defence; Rice; Silicon

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; ARSENIC; BIOTIC FACTOR; CADMIUM; CEREAL; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PADDY FIELD; PHYTOMASS; RICE; SALINE SOIL; SILICON; SILVER; SOIL FERTILITY;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84936797850     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2015.07.001     Document Type: Review

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