Fascinating Role of Silicon Nanoparticles to Mitigate Adverse Effects of Salinity in Fruit Trees: a Mechanistic Approach

Environmental stresses are major cause of poor lower yield and poor quality of fruits. Among these, fruit yield is low due to irrigation with brackish water. The adverse effects of poor quality water can be mitigated by use of different minerals, having potential to alleviate salt stress. Silicon (Si) is classified as a beneficial element for dicots and involved in regulation of physiological mechanism of fruit trees including stress tolerance. Moreover, use of nanotechnology in horticulture especially fruit trees is an emerging technique. Nanoparticles (NPs) use is increasing at an outstanding rate due to excellent contribution in enhanced yield under hash environmental conditions. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the impact of silicon nanoparticles (Si-NPs) on physiological mechanism of fruit trees. Si-NPs exhibited more efficacy as compared to bulk resources of Si due to their smaller size, and higher reactivity and surface area. Huge research is conducted on agronomic crops and limited work is available on significance of Si-NPs on fruit trees. However, more efforts are required to explore the significant impact of Si-NPs on fruit trees all over the globe. Current study describes the major contribution of Si-NPs in mitigation of adverse effects of salinity in fruit trees by improving physiological mechanism and cell metabolism.

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Environmental stresses, particularly irrigation with brackish water, are a major cause of low fruit yield and poor quality. The use of silicon nanoparticles (Si-NPs) in horticulture has shown great potential in mitigating the adverse effects of salinity on fruit trees by improving physiological mechanisms and cell metabolism. However, further research is needed to better understand the significance of Si-NPs on fruit trees globally.