ID - 49969186 TI - Silicon in agriculture AU - Datnoff, L. E. AU - Snyder, George H. AU - Korndorfer, G. H. AU - United States. AU - Geological Survey (U.S.) PY - 2001 VL - 8 SN - 09283420 SN - 0444502629 9786611054601 1281054607 0080541224 9780444502629 9780080541228 9781281054609 661105460X PB - New York : Elsevier, DB - UniCat KW - Soils KW - Botanical chemistry KW - Soil fertility KW - Silicon KW - Silicon content KW - Bioavailability KW - Silicon in agriculture. KW - Agriculture KW - Silicon in agriculture UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:49969186 AB - Presenting the first book to focus on the importance of silicon for plant health and soil productivity and on our current understanding of this element as it relates to agriculture.Long considered by plant physiologists as a non-essential element, or plant nutrient, silicon was the center of attention at the first international conference on Silicon in Agriculture, held in Florida in 1999. Ninety scientists, growers, and producers of silicon fertilizer from 19 countries pondered a paradox in plant biology and crop science. They considered the element Si, second only to o ER -