Silicon potentiates host defense mechanisms against infection by plant pathogens

Silicon and Plant Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 109-138

  Rodrigues, Fabrício A ^a   Resende, Renata Sousa ^a   Dallagnol, Leandro José ^b   Datnoff, Lawrence E ^c  

^a Departamento de Fitopatologia   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22930-0_5     Document Type: Chapter

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