Silicon as a challenge for sustainable vegetable crop production

This book contains 6 different scientific articles and shows how the growth, yield and nutrient content of vegetables in crop production can be influenced by Silicon treatment.  The application of stabilized silicic acid is called the ‘silicic acid agro technology’ (SAAT). SAAT increases root system, longer stem/tillers, leaf area and chlorophyll content and nutrient uptake resulting in more yield and higher quality. SAAT decreases biotic and abiotic stresses. Therefore, SAAT is proposed as an element in sustainable cropping strategies.