Root- and foliar-applied silicon modifies C: N: P ratio and increases the nutritional efficiency of pre-sprouted sugarcane seedlings under water deficit

• Gelza Carliane Marques Teixeira ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gelzacarliane@hotmail.com

  Affiliation Laboratory of Plant Nutrition, Department of Soils and Fertilizers, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8062-482X

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• Renato de Mello Prado,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Plant Nutrition, Department of Soils and Fertilizers, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Antonio Márcio Souza Rocha,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biogeochemistry, Department of Technology, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Marisa de Cássia Piccolo

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Laboratory of Nutrient Cycling, Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA), University of São Paulo (USP), Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

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