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Multifarious Activity of Silicon in Sugarcane Productivity Escalation: Regulatory Mechanisms and Future Outlook

Sathya Priya Ramalingam, Jagathjothi Narayanan, Sharmila Radhakrishnan, Saranya Moora Nayakkar, Ramya Balraj, Yuvaraj Muthuraman, Srivani Gomasa, Suganthi Nadarajan, Murali Arthanari Palanisamy, Bharathi Chandrasekaran, Senthil Kumar Govindan, Karthiba Loganathan, Natarajan Sanjeevi, Chiranjeevirajan Natarajan, Jaiby Cyriac

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