Silicon-enhanced resistance to rice blast is attributed to silicon-mediated defence resistance and its role as physical barrier

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Silicon, the silver bullet for mitigating biotic and abiotic stress, and improving grain quality, in rice? (2015, background): “Increased silicon nutritional content of leaves induced lignin production, oxidative cross-linking in cell walls and phytoalexin production (Sun et al., 2010).”