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Silicon induces hormetic dose-response effects on growth and concentrations of chlorophylls, amino acids and sugars in pepper plants during the early developmental stage.
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- Is Silicon a Panacea for Alleviating Drought and Salt Stress in Crops?Frontiers in plant science · 2020Pooled it
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- Electrophysiological sensors reveal silicon-selenium interaction of dynamic leaf intracellular water-nutrient metabolism in rice under cadmium stress.Plant signaling & behavior · 2025Article
- Foliar Application ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Modulating grapevine performance and hormonal dynamics under summer stress by the synergistic effects of kaolin and silicon.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Potassium silicate and vinasse enhance biometric characteristics of perennial sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum) under greenhouse conditions.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Silicon Supplementation Alleviates the Salinity Stress in Wheat Plants by Enhancing the Plant Water Status, Photosynthetic Pigments, Proline Content and Antioxidant Enzyme Activities.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Titanium nanoparticles activate a transcriptional response in Arabidopsis that enhances tolerance to low phosphate, osmotic stress and pathogen infection.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Less Can Be More: The Hormesis Theory of Stress Adaptation in the Global Biosphere and Its Implications.Biomedicines · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundSilicon (Si) is a beneficial element that has been proven to influence plant responses including growth, development and metabolism in a hormetic manner.
methodsIn the present study, we evaluated the effect of Si on the growth and concentrations of chlorophylls, total amino acids, and total sugars of pepper plants (
resultsThe application of 125 mg L
conclusionThe application of Si has positive effects on pepper plants during the early developmental stage, including stimulation of growth, as well as increased concentrations of chlorophylls, total free amino acids and total soluble sugars. In general, most benefits from Si applications were observed in the range of 60-125 mg L
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