1. Silicon in Soil and Plant Brenda Servaz Tubana, Bruno Nicchio and Marilyn Dalen 2. Silicon Transporters in Agronomic Crops Jian Feng Ma 3. The Role of Silicon in Sustainable Disease Management of Monocot Plants Leandro José Dallagnol 4. Silicon in the Management of Diseases in Dicot Crops Fabrício Ávila Rodrigues 5. Silicon and Biocontrol Agents for Plant Growth and Control of Diseases in Rice Marta Cristina Corsi de Filippi 6. Silicon for the Control of Insect Herbivores in Agronomic Crops Flor Edith Acevedo 7. Silicon-Driven Phenotypic Induction Enhances Physiological Tolerance to Water Deficit and Waterlogging in Agronomic Crops Nelson Rodriguez López Sr.

8. Silicon Nutrition for Sugarcane Production Mônica Sartori Camargo 9. Silicon Nutrition of Agronomic Crops Nagabovanalli Basavarajappa Prakash, SABYASACHI MAJUMDAR, Laxmanarayanan M and Sandhya Kollalu 10. Physiological Aspects of Silicon in Plants under Stress Carlos Eduardo Aucique-Pérez 11. Alleviation of Heavy Metal Stress in Plants by Silicon Clístenes Williams Araujo Nascimento and Karina Patrícia Cuhha.