A promising way of addressing the issue of growing water scarcity is through wider use of drip irrigation, which delivers water and fertilizer to crops in a slow, targeted manner, and has been shown to increase yields and ...

Silicon (Si) is a beneficial nutrient for many plants as it mitigates the negative impacts of various abiotic and biotic stresses. Wheat (Triticum aestivum), for instance, benefits from Si through an increased resistance ...