Silicon and Plant Diseases

1. History of Silicon and Plant Disease
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Discovery of silicon affecting plant diseases in monocots
- Discovery of silicon affecting plant diseases in dicots
- Conclusions
- References

2. Silicon in Soils and Plants
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Silicon in soils
- Silicon cycle in soil
- Interaction of silicon with other plant nutrients in the soil
- Silicon in plant
- Silicon sources
- Measuring silicon concentration
- Conclusions
- References

3. Silicon Control of Soil-borne and Seed-borne Diseases
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Diseases caused by soil-borne pathogens
- Diseases caused by seed-borne pathogens
- Conclusions
- References

4. Silicon Control of Foliar Diseasesin Monocots and Dicots
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Fungal diseases
- Bacterial diseases

- Viral diseases
- Interaction of silicon and fungicides
- The efficiency in applying silicon via the foliage versus the root in controlling plant disease
- Conclusions
- References

5. Silicon Potentiates Host Defense Mechanisms Against Infection by Plant Pathogens
- Abstract
- Introduction
- The physical barrier hypothesis
- Biochemical and molecular aspects of silicon-mediated host resistance to pathogens
- Silicon-mediated host resistance to pathogens through changes in the primary metabolism
- Conclusions
- References

6. Highlights and Prospects for Using Silicon in the Future
- Abstract
- Introduction
- What information do we still need to improve the deployment of silicon for managing plant diseases?
- Why is silicon still not used routinely for managing plant diseases under greenhouse and field conditions?
- Conclusions
- References