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Silicon Supplementation Boosts Salt Resilience of Traditional Rice Varieties by Ionic Regulation and Nutrient Balance

Umme Kulsum Shanta, Mohammad Asadul Haque, Samsunnahar Pranto, Saimon Islam, Partho Sarker Dhrubo, Montaha Mostafa Soha, Fatema Nasrin Lamia, Md Kamal Hossain and Md Fazlul Hoque

Abstract

Salinity is the most important abiotic constraint affecting rice production in coastal zones globally, due to the low inherent salt tolerance of rice. Silicon (Si) has been reported as an effective element in improving salinity tolerance, but nothing is known about its tolerance with the conventional coastal rice genotypes.