I also have some ongoing works on silicon. 

Hallo Bernardo,

Nice to know that. Can you please elaborate your work a little?

Regards

Ansar

Hi dear, for me it is biotic stress....Application of Si reduces blast disease of rice.

There are some information: Si increases Cd accumulation in the roots and restricts the transport of Cd from roots to shoots. Addition of Si significantly alleviates the toxicity of Cd in aerobic rice seedlings. Si partly overcame the reduction in growth due to Cd. This amelioration is correlated with a reduction in Cd uptake. It reduces the transportation of Cd. Cd mainly deposits in the vicinity of the endodermis and epidermis, Si deposition is heavier in the vicinity of the endodermis than in the epidermis. the heavy deposition of silica in the vicinity of endodermis might offer possible mechanisms by which silicon does at least partially physically block the apoplast bypass flow across the roots, and restrains the apoplastic transport of Cd. Si decreases the concentrations of Cd in shoots and roots, but does not remarkably change the distribution ratio of Cd in symplasm and apoplast.

Mechanisms by which Si alleviates the toxicity of Cd in rice will be found in the following article

Hi, yes, me an In my former team on Comenius University in Bratislava they did several works with maize and Sorghum... see Alexander Lux, Marek Vaculik, Boris Bokor... and on Institute of Chemistry SAS Bratislava see Vatehova Zuzana and Kollarova Karin - work with Brassica napus... Almost all those persons are here on Reserch Gate, feel free to contact...

Please take a look at the following RG links.

Article Role of Silicon in Mitigation of Heavy Metal Stresses in Crop Plants

Article Role of silcon in plant resistance to water stress

Article Beneficial elements for agricultural crops and their functio...