financially supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31370456);the Doctoral Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China (20124404110007);the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China (S2012010010331 and 2017A030313177);the Project of International, as well as Hong Kong, Macao & Taiwan Science and Technology Cooperation Innovation Platform in Universities in Guangdong Province, China (2014KGJHZ004)
Silicon(Si) can increase plant resistance against bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum and enhance plant immune response. However, whether Si alleviates soil-borne disease stress through altering soil micro...