Dear Experts!
Silicon is used in plant tissue culture to enhance the growth and development of plants in vitro. I would like know the convincing physiological role of Calcium silicate (CaSiO3) in inducing totipotency/ Organogenesis/ Somatic embryogenesis?
Article Application of silicon in plant tissue culture
Article The role of silicon in plant tissue culture
Two interesting reviews on the application of silicon in plant tissue culture
Citations of these two reviews
The role of silicon in plant tissue culture: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=13318140529548667216&as_sdt=2005&sciodt=0,5&hl=en
Application of silicon in plant tissue culture: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=2820013523542077660&as_sdt=2005&sciodt=0,5&hl=en
Yes, you are right Dr. Manokari, Silicon enhances the growth and development of in vitro shoots and roots via physiological processes only. It is still doubtful that it may induce Totipotency of plant cell.
Article The role of silicon in plant tissue culture
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/2014/521703/
Reports are available M. Manokari
Mafatlal M. Kher
Thank you sir for sharing the links,
The suggested references states that silicon develops abiotic stress, which ultimately improves growth and development in crops, and the same mechanism has been explored under in vitro conditions. But the growth-regulating property of silicon was not experimentally stated. I mean, how silicon inducing cell division or stimulating meristematic activity and all. Thank you for sparing time in this discussion.
Badhepuri Mahesh Kumar
Thank you for sharing the references, but, I am unable to get the role of silicon in the regulation of shoot and root development through mutual signaling. If you find such references, please share...
Article Silicon promotes cytokinin biosynthesis and delays senescenc...
As the application of silicon promotes cytokinin biosynthesis (cytokinin means shoot regenerations)
Few more interesting reviews:
Article Silicon and Plants: Current Knowledge and Technological Perspectives
Article The role of silicon in plant biology: A paradigm shift in re...
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2017.00411/full
https://academic.oup.com/aob/article/121/7/1265/4847359
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.15343
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389420328119
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00344-020-10172-7
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