A Comparative Study of Various Aspects of “Defense Mechanism” Acquired by Silicon with Regard to Different Pathogenic Interactions

Author: Ishani, Shivam Singh* and Akashdeep Sutradhar

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Abstract

Earlier, while considering the requirements of general vascular plants, Silicon was not acknowledged as something vital. But later, it was found that Silicon is greatly responsible to resist fungal as well as bacterial diseases in plants. Also, it influences the growth and development of an extensive range of plant species. Silicon is well-acknowledged for its nature of effective mitigation against numerous climatic stresses. Silicon generally functions as an immune-modulator for influencing the possible measures of plant defense responses in plants. Mainly, it will interact with the major components that are releasing stress signals in plant system. Hence, Silicon will be ultimately responsible for the induced resistance. In this review, we will be considering a comparative analysis of physical, chemical, molecular and cellular defense response produced by Silicon in different crops. Another major summarization from this review will be regarding the role of Silicon in plant-microbe in

Keywords

Silica, Defense response, Plant-pathogen interactivity

Conclusion

The whole article revolves around the silicon providing the defense mechanism to plants against stress conditions that could be initiated by pathogens. For the following verification different levels or aspects were taken, be it physical, biochemical, molecular or cellular. Experiments were discussed for more clarification. Moreover, how silicon could be non-toxically utilized in the fields, from which particular crop it could be extracted and the other important data is also summarized here. It was found that silicon can bless the plant with a good defense mechanism. And can resist fungal as well as bacterial diseases to an extent. By combining available information on the interaction of plant–microbes mediated by Si, the physical, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms that can be attributed to Si-mediated plant defense responses have been summarized in this review.Although numerous studies have elucidated the possible mechanism of Si-mediated resistance at the physical, biochemical

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Ishani, Singh, S. and Sutradhar, A. (2021). A Comparative Study of Various Aspects of “Defense Mechanism” Acquired by Silicon with Regard to Different Pathogenic Interactions. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 13(1): 356-362.