Contents Plant nutrition courier 2018-05

Silicon - nutrient or merely biostimulant
Canadian scientists: no evidence for beneficial role of silicon in stress-free plants
Plant ecologist Ofir Katz: “Silicon content is a functional trait”
Charles Sturt University scientists: Silicon affects primary plant metabolism
Editorial: Small studies, big conclusions

Arable farming
Silicon mediates water uptake and loss under water deficiency in different ways
Silicon optimizes ammonium uptake and metabolism in rice cells
Silicon makes maize salt-tolerant
Silicon foliar fertilisation reviewed
Virus-infected legumes respond differently to silicon application
Different nutrient uptake responses to silicon
Earthworms increase plant-available silicon in soil

Potato nutrition
Sodium silicate via roots promotes potato growth
Acidified sodium silicate increases mini-tuber yield

Fruits and vegetables
Virus-infected legumes respond differently to silicon application
Different nutrient uptake responses to silicon

Grassland
Rainfall stimulates silicon uptake in clipped grass

Fertilisers
Soil improvement with silicon-rich biochar

Literature
Recent silicon publications

Service
Calendar of events