Silicon in Agriculture (Hardcover)

Chapter 1. Silicon in plants: Facts vs. concepts.
Chapter 2. Silicon as a beneficial element for crop plants.
Chapter 3. Silicon transport at the cell and tissue level.
Chapter 4. A primer on the aqueous chemistry of silicon.
Chapter 5. Silicon deposition in higher plants.
Chapter 6. Silicon in horticultural crops grown in soilless culture.
Chapter 7. Effect of silicon on plant growth and crop yield.
Chapter 8. Plant genotype, silicon concentration, and silicon-related responses.
Chapter 9. Silicon and disease resistance in dicotyledons.
Chapter 10. The use of silicon for integrated disease management: reducing fungicide applications and enhancing host plant resistance.
Chapter 11. Methods for silicon analysis in plants, soils, and fertilizers.
Chapter 12. Silicon sources for agriculture.
Chapter 13. The relationship between silicon and soil physical and chemical properties.
Chapter 14. The economics of silicon for integrated management and sustainable production of rice and sugarcane.
Chapter 15. Silicon research down under: Past, present, and future.
Chapter 16. Past, present, and future research of the role of silicon for sugarcane in southern Africa.
Chapter 17. Review of research in Japan on the roles of silicon in conferring resistance against rice blast.
Chapter 18. Silicon from rice disease control perspective in Brazil.
Chapter 19. Effects of silicon fertilization on disease development and yields of rice in Colombia.
Chapter 20. Plant related silicon research in Canada.
Chapter 21. Agricultural utilization of silicon in China.
Chapter 22. Past and future advances in silicon research in the Republic of Korea.
Poster Abstracts.
Index.