Agriculture plays a crucial role in safeguarding food security, more so as the world population increases gradually. A productive agricultural system is supported by seed, soil, fertiliser and good management practices. Food productivity directly correlates to the generation of solid wastes…

Rice is an important staple food for nearly half the world's population. In Malaysia, rice and paddy cultivation kickstarted in the early 60s with small-scale farming, which later expanded by leaps and bounds before emerging as the country’s utmost important food crop. Over the decades, Malaysian rice production system has been suffering from various challenges which include extreme weather conditions, poor soil fertility…

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the most important staple food in the South-east Asian region as a dominant portion of global rice supply is produced and consumed here. Rice plant is a high silicon (Si) accumulator. Constitutive deposition of Si in the form of “phytoliths” offers the plant resistance against various pests, pathogens…