Abstract Silicon (Si), a quasi-essential element for plants, is abundant in the soil typically as
insoluble silicate forms. However, plants can uptake Si only in the soluble form of …

Rice needs a lot of phosphorus (P) to grow, but much of the P fertilizers applied to paddy
soils becomes unavailable to the plants. Silicon (Si) amendments can increase P availability …

Abstract Rice (Oryza sativa L.), being a high silicon (Si)-accumulator, is a major global food
crop for more than half of the world's population. However, both salinity and drought, two of …

Silicon (Si) biogeochemical cycling is beneficial for crop productivity and carbon (C)
sequestration in agricultural ecosystem, thus offering a nonnegligible role in alleviating …

Aims Supplying phytolith-rich biochar in agrosystems increases soil pH, CEC and nutrient
availability, adding to the impact of Si uptake on plant growth. Here we studied this specific …

Although silicon (Si) is ubiquitous in the earth's crust, its essentiality for growth of higher
plants is still under discussion. By recognising the overwhelming potential of Si in alleviating …

Current climate and land‐use changes affect regional and global cycles of silicon (Si), with
yet uncertain consequences for ecosystems. The key role of Si in marine ecology by …

Soils of the tropics and sub-tropics are typically acid and depleted of soluble sources of
silicon (Si) due to weathering and leaching associated with high rainfall and temperatures …

In soils, mineral weathering and phytolith dissolution release aqueous monosilicic acid that
can be taken up by plant, adsorbed on mineral surfaces, entrapped in neoformed clay …

Plants take up silicon (Si) from soil solution, and form biogenic silica bodies (phytoliths) that
return to soil with plant debris. Since phytolith dissolution releases plant available Si, the soil …