Benefits of silicon nutrition on plants and its enlightenment to turf grass research

As the second element in the earth's crust, silicon evidently benefits plant growth and development. After discussing the silicon distribution in plants, channels of assimilating silicon for plants, as well as the positive role of silicon on stress condition, some enlightenments of silicon nutrients to turf grass and turf management research were drawn as following: Firstly, addition of silicon could promote turf grass growth and shorten the duration of turf establishment; secondly, it could improve water use efficiency in order to save water resources for irrigation turf; thirdly, addition of silicon could improve the turf grass resistance to abiotic stress, it could increase the possibility area of establishing turf; fourthly, silicon application would reduce the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer in turf grass management, and mitigate soil degeneration; finally, silicon application would improve turf grass resistance to biotic stress, and decrease the use of pesticide in turf management.