Silica nanoparticles: the rising star in plant disease protection

Nidhi Kandhol; Vijay Pratap Singh; José Peralta-Videa; Francisco J Corpas; Durgesh Kumar Tripathi

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2021.10.007

Silica nanoparticles: the rising star in plant disease protection

Trends Plant Sci. 2022 Jan;27(1):7-9. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.10.007. Epub 2021 Nov 9.

Authors

Nidhi Kandhol¹, Vijay Pratap Singh², José Peralta-Videa³, Francisco J Corpas⁴, Durgesh Kumar Tripathi⁵

Affiliations

¹ Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, I 2 Block, 5th Floor, AUUP Campus Sector-125, Noida 201313, India.
² Plant Physiology Laboratory, Department of Botany, C.M.P. Degree College, A Constituent Post Graduate College of University of Allahabad, Prayagraj 211002, India.
³ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.
⁴ Group of Antioxidants, Free Radicals and Nitric Oxide in Biotechnology, Food and Agriculture, Department of Biochemistry and Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Profesor Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain. Electronic address: javier.corpas@eez.csic.es.
⁵ Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, I 2 Block, 5th Floor, AUUP Campus Sector-125, Noida 201313, India. Electronic address: dktripathiau@gmail.com.

PMID: 34772611
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.10.007

Abstract

When applied exogenously, silica (Si) can have a beneficial impact on plants under biotic stress conditions, as revealed by its recent application in the form of nanoparticles (SiO₂NPs) to induce pathogen resistance (El-Shetehy et al.). This opens up a new window of research into combating the devastating effects of biotic stresses.

Keywords: biotic stress; guard cells; nanoparticle; oxidative stress; pathogen; salicylic acid; silica; systemic acquire resistance.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Nanoparticles*
Plant Diseases
Plants
Silicon Dioxide*
Stress, Physiological

Substances

Silicon Dioxide