Mechanisms of silicon-mediated alleviation of heavy metal toxicity in plants: A review.

By M. Adrees, Shafaqat Ali, M. Rizwan, M. Zia-ur-Rehman, M. Ibrahim, Farhat Abbas, M. Farid, M. F. Qayyum, M. Irshad. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2015

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Phytomanagement of heavy metals in contaminated soils using sunflower: A review (2016, background): “© 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC biomass, grain yield, and crop quality (Adrees et al., 2015a; Ramzani et al., 2016).”
Cadmium stress in rice: toxic effects, tolerance mechanisms, and management: a critical review (2016, background): “Exogenous application of plant growth regulators Plants have evolved tolerance mechanisms to cope with Cd stress, via the expression and regulation of phytohormones such as auxins (indole-3-acetic acid, IAA), SA, ABA, and GA (He et al. 2010; Asgher et al. 2014; Adrees et al. 2015b).”
Silicon Nanoparticles More Efficiently Alleviate Arsenate Toxicity than Silicon in Maize Cultiver and Hybrid Differing in Arsenate Tolerance (2016, positive): “But their high surface Frontiers in Environmental Science | www.frontiersin.org 10 July 2016 | Volume 4 | Article 46 to volume ratio that increases their reactivity and possible biochemical activity of nanoparticles might play a role in their action (Adrees et al., 2015).”
Consistent alleviation of abiotic stress with silicon addition: a meta-analysis. (2016, background): “…alleviation by Si have been 71 qualitatively reviewed (Ma, Miyake & Takahashi 2001; Ma 2004; Liang et al. 2007; Balakhnina & Borkowska 72 2013; Adrees et al. 2015; Pontigo et al. 2015), a numerical assessment is lacking and it is not known if 73 predictable plant use of Si in stress…”