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efflux transporter of silicon in rice. Nature 448:209–212
Ma J, Cai H, He C, Zhang W, Wang L (2015) A hemicellulose-bound form of silicon inhibits
cadmium ion uptake in rice (Oryza sativa) cells. New Phytol 206:1063–1074
Macedo FG, Santos EF, Lavres J (2020) Agricultural crop influences availability of nickel in the
rhizosphere, a study on base cation saturations, Ni dosages and crop succession. Rhizosphere
13:100182
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environment and ecosystem services in arid regions. Sci Total Environ 633:1329–1344
Maillard A, Ali N, Schwarzenberg A, Jamois F, Yvin JC, Hosseini SA (2018) Silicon transcriptionally regulates sulfur and ABA metabolism and delays leaf senescence in barley under combined
sulfur deficiency and osmotic stress. Environ Exp Bot 155:394–341
Malav Jugal K, Ramani V (2017) Effect of silicon on nitrogen use efficiency, yield and nitrogen and
silicon contents in rice under loamy sand soil. Res J Chem Environ 21:4
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Hasanuzzaman M, Hakeem KR, Nahar K, Alharby HF (eds) Plant abiotic stress tolerance:
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silicon, calcium and potassium in wheat grown in nutrient solution. J Plant Nutr 31:1867–1876
Manivannan A, Soundararajan Arrum LS, Ko CH, Muneer S, Jeong BR (2015) Silicon-mediated
enhancement of physiological and biochemical characteristics of Zinnia elegans ‘dreamland
yellow’ green under salinity stress. Hortic Environ Biotechnol 56:721–731
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opportunities for research and policy making on food security and conflict. World Dev
119:150–164
Marxen A, Klotzbücher T, Jahn R, Kaiser K, Nguyen VS, Schmidt A, Schädler M, Vetterlein D
(2016) Interaction between silicon cycling and straw decomposition in a silicon deficient rice
production system. Plant Soil 398:153–163
Mateos-Naranjo E, Galle A, Florez-Sarasa I, Perdomo JA, Galmes J, Ribas-Carbo M, Flexas J
(2015) Assessment of the role of silicon in the Cu-tolerance of the C4 grass Spartina densiflora.
J Plant Physiol 178:74–83
Matichenkov VV, Calvert DV (2002) Silicon as a beneficial element for sugarcane. J Am Soc
Sugarcane Technol 22:21–30
Mehta S, James D, Reddy MK (2019a) Omics technologies for abiotic stress tolerance in plants:
current status and prospects. In: Wani SH (ed) Recent approaches in omics for plant resilience to
climate change. Springer, Cham, pp 1–34
Mehta S, Singh B, Dhakate P, Rahman M, Islam MA (2019b) Rice, marker-assisted breeding, and
disease resistance. In: Wani SH (ed) Disease resistance in crop plants. Springer, Cham, pp
83–111
Metwally AM, Radi AA, El-Shazoly RM, Hamada AM (2018) The role of calcium, silicon and
salicylic acid treatment in protection of canola plants against boron toxicity stress. J Plant Res
131:1015–1028
Miao BH, Han XG, Zhang WH (2010) The ameliorative effect of silicon on soybean seedlings
grown in potassium-deficient medium. Ann Bot 105:967–973
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20:435–442
Ma JF, Tamai K, Yamaji N, Mitani N, Konishi S, Katsuhara M, Ishiguro M, Murata Y, Yano M
(2006) A silicon transporter in rice. Nature 440:688–691
Ma JF, Yamaji N, Mitani N, Tamai K, Konishi S, Fujiwara T, Katsuhara M, Yano M (2007) An
efflux transporter of silicon in rice. Nature 448:209–212
Ma J, Cai H, He C, Zhang W, Wang L (2015) A hemicellulose-bound form of silicon inhibits
cadmium ion uptake in rice (Oryza sativa) cells. New Phytol 206:1063–1074
Macedo FG, Santos EF, Lavres J (2020) Agricultural crop influences availability of nickel in the
rhizosphere, a study on base cation saturations, Ni dosages and crop succession. Rhizosphere
13:100182
Mahmoud SH, Gan TY (2018) Impact of anthropogenic climate change and human activities on
environment and ecosystem services in arid regions. Sci Total Environ 633:1329–1344
Maillard A, Ali N, Schwarzenberg A, Jamois F, Yvin JC, Hosseini SA (2018) Silicon transcriptionally regulates sulfur and ABA metabolism and delays leaf senescence in barley under combined
sulfur deficiency and osmotic stress. Environ Exp Bot 155:394–341
Malav Jugal K, Ramani V (2017) Effect of silicon on nitrogen use efficiency, yield and nitrogen and
silicon contents in rice under loamy sand soil. Res J Chem Environ 21:4
Malhotra C, Kapoor RT (2019) Silicon: a sustainable tool in abiotic stress tolerance in plants. In:
Hasanuzzaman M, Hakeem KR, Nahar K, Alharby HF (eds) Plant abiotic stress tolerance:
agronomic in molecular and biotechnological approaches. Springer, Cham, pp 333–356
Mali M, Aery NC (2008) Influence of silicon on growth, relative water contents and uptake of
silicon, calcium and potassium in wheat grown in nutrient solution. J Plant Nutr 31:1867–1876
Manivannan A, Soundararajan Arrum LS, Ko CH, Muneer S, Jeong BR (2015) Silicon-mediated
enhancement of physiological and biochemical characteristics of Zinnia elegans ‘dreamland
yellow’ green under salinity stress. Hortic Environ Biotechnol 56:721–731
Manivannan A, Soundararajan P, Muneer S, Ko CH, Jeong BR (2016) Silicon mitigates salinity
stress by regulating the physiology, antioxidant enzyme activities, and protein expression in
Capsicum annuum ‘Bugwang’. Biomed Res Int 2016:3076357
Marschner H (2012) Marschner’s mineral nutrition of higher plants, 3rd edn. Academic press,
London
Martin-Shields C, Stojetz W (2019) Food security and conflict: empirical challenges and future
opportunities for research and policy making on food security and conflict. World Dev
119:150–164
Marxen A, Klotzbücher T, Jahn R, Kaiser K, Nguyen VS, Schmidt A, Schädler M, Vetterlein D
(2016) Interaction between silicon cycling and straw decomposition in a silicon deficient rice
production system. Plant Soil 398:153–163
Mateos-Naranjo E, Galle A, Florez-Sarasa I, Perdomo JA, Galmes J, Ribas-Carbo M, Flexas J
(2015) Assessment of the role of silicon in the Cu-tolerance of the C4 grass Spartina densiflora.
J Plant Physiol 178:74–83
Matichenkov VV, Calvert DV (2002) Silicon as a beneficial element for sugarcane. J Am Soc
Sugarcane Technol 22:21–30
Mehta S, James D, Reddy MK (2019a) Omics technologies for abiotic stress tolerance in plants:
current status and prospects. In: Wani SH (ed) Recent approaches in omics for plant resilience to
climate change. Springer, Cham, pp 1–34
Mehta S, Singh B, Dhakate P, Rahman M, Islam MA (2019b) Rice, marker-assisted breeding, and
disease resistance. In: Wani SH (ed) Disease resistance in crop plants. Springer, Cham, pp
83–111
Metwally AM, Radi AA, El-Shazoly RM, Hamada AM (2018) The role of calcium, silicon and
salicylic acid treatment in protection of canola plants against boron toxicity stress. J Plant Res
131:1015–1028
Miao BH, Han XG, Zhang WH (2010) The ameliorative effect of silicon on soybean seedlings
grown in potassium-deficient medium. Ann Bot 105:967–973
2 Silicon: A Plant Nutritional “Non-Entity” for Mitigating Abiotic
43