Baris Uzilday

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1 Introduction Climate change has led to greater drought, which causes problems in chestnut trees affecting growth and fruit production, because of low water availability in the soil during this period. The use of silicon in agriculture has proven to be very useful in several cultures; it is a mineral that positively affects the development of plants and acts in the deleterious effects of abiotic stresses (Rea et al., 2022).

Liam J. Barratt†, Isaac J. Reynolds†, Sara Franco Ortega and Andrea L. Harper* Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP), Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom Introduction: Over four billion people around the world rely on bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) as a major constituent of their diet. The changing climate, however, threatens the food security of these people, with periods of intense drought stress already causing widespread wheat yield losses.