Resumo -Apesar de não ser um nutriente essencial, o silício pode aumentar o potencial produtivo de algumas culturas e tem sido utilizado para atenuar os efeitos tóxicos do estresse salino. Nesse sentido, objetivou-se avaliar o efeito do silicato de sódio aplicado sob dois modos diferentes em plântulas de milho e feijão-de-corda submetidas à salinidade. Em casa de vegetação, as plântulas receberam uma dose de Na 2 SiO 3 a 1 mM, via aplicação foliar ou diretamente na solução nutritiva, e foram cultivadas na presença ou ausência de NaCl a 100 mM, durante 15 dias. Foram avaliados a matéria seca de folhas, caules e raízes, a área foliar e o vazamento de eletrólitos em folhas e raízes. De modo geral, a salinidade reduziu a matéria seca das folhas, caules e raízes e aumentou o vazamento de eletrólitos nas folhas e raízes das plântulas. A aplicação de silício via solução nutritiva promoveu maiores valores em todos os parâmetros de crescimento e reduziu os danos de membrana no milho, mas isso não foi observado em feijão-de-corda. O silício atenuou os efeitos tóxicos do NaCl no crescimento das plântulas de milho, quando aplicado diretamente na solução nutritiva. Palavras-chave -Silicatos. Salinidade. Zea mays. Vigna unguiculata.Abstract -Although silicon is not considered an essential nutrient for plants, it can increase the yield potential of some crops and has been used to mitigate the toxic effects of salt stress. The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of sodium silicate applied in two different ways in maize and cowpea seedlings subjected to salinity. Seedlings were grown in Hoagland solutions and maintained in a greenhouse. Seedlings received 1.0 mM Na 2 SiO 3 applied directly in the nutrient solutions or by foliar supply, and they were subjected to 100 mM NaCl for 15 days. We evaluated the dry weight of leaves, stems and roots, leaf area and ion leakage in leaves and roots. Salinity reduced dry weight of leaves, stems and roots and increased leaves and root ion leakage. Silicon application in the nutrient solution significantly increased all growth parameters and decreased ion leakage in maize seedlings, whereas this response was not observed in cowpea. Silicon was able to relieve the toxic effects of NaCl on growth only in maize seedlings when applied directly in the nutrient solution.
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