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Plants were grown either under low (0.02 mM) or normal (0.5 mM) levels of Mg, with or without Si supplement. We have shown that Mg-deficient plants treated with Si maintained their growth and increased significantly the levels of chlorophyll and soluble sugars compared to those plants which did not receive Si. In addition, the concentrations of hexose-P, and glycolytic intermediate metabolites\u2014mainly organic acids (isocitric and glutamic acids)\u2014were increased in response to Si nutrition, which was associated with an increase in the levels of stress amino acids such as gamma-aminobutyric-acid (GABA), serine and glycine, as well as polyamines putrescine, which overall contributed to Mg stress tolerance. In addition, Si enhanced the levels of phytohormones cytokinin iso-pentenyladenine (IP), iso-pentenyladenine riboside (IPR), jasmonic acid (JA) and its derivate l-isoleucine (JA-ILE). The increase in cytokinin maintained the growth of Mg-deficient plants, while JA and JA-IEA were induced in response to carbohydrates accumulation. Altogether, our study reveals the vital role of Si under Mg deficiency by regulating plant primary metabolite and hormonal changes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms20040969","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,2,22]],"date-time":"2019-02-22T11:26:14Z","timestamp":1550834774000},"page":"969","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":50,"title":["The Ameliorative Effect of Silicon on Maize Plants Grown in Mg-Deficient Conditions"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Seyed Abdollah","family":"Hosseini","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Plant Nutrition Department, Centre Mondial de I\u2019lnnovation Roullier, 35400 Saint Malo, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sara","family":"Naseri Rad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Molecular Plant Nutrition Group, Physiology and Cell Biology, Leibniz-Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7356-6759","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nusrat","family":"Ali","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Plant Nutrition Department, Centre Mondial de I\u2019lnnovation Roullier, 35400 Saint Malo, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jean-Claude","family":"Yvin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Plant Nutrition Department, Centre Mondial de I\u2019lnnovation Roullier, 35400 Saint Malo, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,2,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2753","DOI":"10.1093\/jxb\/ery157","article-title":"Molecular mechanisms controlling plant growth during abiotic stress","volume":"69","author":"Bechtold","year":"2018","journal-title":"J. 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