Silicon and Plant Diseases

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rodrigues, Fabrício A. (Editor), Datnoff, Lawrence E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant pathology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Pathology.

One of the most notable plant effects of silicon is the reduction in the intensities of a number of plant diseases caused by biotrophic, hemibiotrophic, and necrotrophic pathogens. This reduction in symptom expression is due to the element’s effect on a number of components of host plant resistance...

Table of Contents:

• 1. History of Silicon and Plant Disease
• 2. Silicon in Soils and Plants
• 3. Silicon Control of Soil-borne and Seed-borne Diseases
• 4. Silicon Control of Foliar Diseasesin Monocots and Dicots
• 5. Silicon Potentiates Host Defense Mechanisms Against Infection by Plant Pathogens
• 6. Highlights and Prospects for Using Silicon in the Future.