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Biography

Miroslav Nikolic graduated with honors in Agriculture (Viticulture major) and earned his MSc degree in Plant Physiology from the University of Belgrade. As a DAAD fellow in the University of Hohenheim’s Institute of Plant Nutrition, he completed the experimental part of a sandwich-model Ph.D. thesis and received his Ph.D. degree in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Belgrade. He completed two post-docs in Plant Nutritional Physiology, the first with Volker Römheld at the University of Hohenheim, working on iron dynamics in the leaf apoplast, and then with Roberto Pinton and Zeno Varanini at the University of Udine, working on root-to-shoot nitrate translocation and anion uptake by the leaf cells. Since 2003 he has been with the University of Belgrade’s Institute for Multidisciplinary Research establishing his research group of Plant Nutrition in 2011.

Current research of his team centers on plant response mechanisms to mineral stresses, from nutrient deficiency to the excess of different minerals, with a special focus on the mechanisms through which silicon modulates the acquisition, transport, and utilization of nutrients in crops. Most recent research focuses on how the nutrient status within plants influences the mobilization of silicon in the rhizosphere. Miroslav's team was the first one to demonstrate that silicon promotes root acquisition and uptake of nutrients under conditions of their low availability by up-regulating the expression of key genes involved in these processes. Ongoing research is to understand the mode of silicon action in improving both stress resistance and nutrient use efficiency in crops, which may pave the way toward sustainable crop production in a stressful environment.

Current position: Research Professor - tenured (2007-present).

Current courses: 20.PA3112 “Plant Physiological Ecology” for graduates at the University of Belgrade - Faculty of Forestry.

Editorial experience: Plant and Soil (Springer) - Section Editor (2018-present) and Consulting Editor (2013-2018); Agronomy for Sustainable Development (INRAE, Springer) - Associate Editor (2020-present); Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (Springer) - Associate Editor (2018-present); Frontiers in Plant Science (Frontiers) - Associate Editor for Plant Nutrition (2017-2018; 2022-present); Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering (China) - Editorial Board member (2018-present); Journal of Plant Interactions - (Taylor and Francis) - Editorial Board member (2022-present); Plant Nano Biology (Elsevier) - Editorial Board member (2022-present); Plants (MDPI) - Editorial Board member (2022-present); Frontiers in Nutrition (Frontiers) - Guest Editor (2020-2022).

Honors and awards: Award from the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (the First Price in Biology); Research fellowships from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); Postdoctoral fellowship from the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities, and Research (MIUR); European Commission Erasmus Mundus scholarship for teachers.

Memberships and bodies: The International Society for Silicon in Agriculture and Related Disciplines (ISSAG) - President (2022-present), Vice President (2017-2022); Scientific Council of the Serbian Science Fund - Member for Natural Sciences (2021-present); Board of directors of the Institute for Plant and Environment Protection (Serbia) - President (2015-present).

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University of Belgrade: Belgrade, RS

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Effect of elevated ammonium on biotic and abiotic stress defense responses and expression of related genes in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) plants

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
2025-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Fatemeh Tavakoli; Roghieh Hajiboland; Mehri Haeili; Noushin Sadeghzadeh; Miroslav Nikolic
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Multiple mechanisms are involved in the alleviation of ammonium toxicity by nitrate in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Plant and Soil
2024-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Fatemeh Tavakoli; Roghieh Hajiboland; Miroslav Nikolic
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Ammonium nutrition enhances rhizosphere mobilization and uptake of silicon in white lupin grown in low phosphorus soil

Plant and Soil
2024-10-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Ljiljana Kostic Kravljanac; Jelena Pavlovic; Predrag Bosnic; Igor Kostic; Maja Trailovic; Tijana Dubljanin; Miroslav Nikolic
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Ammonium nutrition enhances rhizosphere mobilization and uptake of silicon in white lupin grown in low phosphorus soil

2024-09-27 | Preprint
Contributors: Ljiljana Kostic; Jelena Pavlovic; Predrag Bosnic; Igor Kostic; Maja Trailovic; Tijana Dubljanin; Miroslav Nikolic
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Silicon nanoparticles in sustainable agriculture: synthesis, absorption, and plant stress alleviation

Frontiers in Plant Science
2024-03-28 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1664-462X
Contributors: Guochao Yan; Qingying Huang; Shuaijing Zhao; Yunmin Xu; Yong He; Miroslav Nikolic; Nina Nikolic; Yongchao Liang; Zhujun Zhu
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Micronutrients

Marschner's Mineral Nutrition of Plants
2023 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85147569000

Contributors: Cakmak, I.; Brown, P.; Colmenero-Flores, J.M.; Husted, S.; Kutman, B.Y.; Nikolic, M.; Rengel, Z.; Schmidt, S.B.; Zhao, F.-J.
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Mineral nutrition, yield, and source-sink relationships

Marschner's Mineral Nutrition of Plants
2023 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85150129594

Contributors: A. Kirkby, E.; Nikolic, M.; White, P.J.; Xu, G.
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Nutrients and soil structure influence furovirus infection of wheat

Frontiers in Plant Science
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85168363013

Part of ISSN: 1664462X
Contributors: Gauthier, K.; Pankovic, D.; Nikolic, M.; Hobert, M.; Germeier, C.U.; Ordon, F.; Perovic, D.; Niehl, A.
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Relationship between mineral nutrition, plant diseases, and pests

Marschner's Mineral Nutrition of Plants
2023 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85150130749

Contributors: Weinmann, M.; Bradáčová, K.; Nikolic, M.
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Silicon modifies leaf nutriome and improves growth of oak seedlings exposed to phosphorus deficiency and Phytophthora plurivora infection

Frontiers in Plant Science
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85170526621

Part of ISSN: 1664462X
Contributors: Kostic, I.; Nikolic, N.; Milanovic, S.; Milenkovic, I.; Pavlovic, J.; Paravinja, A.; Nikolic, M.
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From promoting aggregation to enhancing obstruction: A negative feedback regulatory mechanism of alleviation of trivalent chromium toxicity by silicon in rice

Journal of Hazardous Materials
2023-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0304-3894
Contributors: Zhihao Pang; Yuchao Mei; Nina Nikolic; Miroslav Nikolic; Tingqiang Li; Hongyun Peng; Yongchao Liang
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Weed Species from Tea Gardens as a Source of Novel Aluminum Hyperaccumulators

Plants
2023-05-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Roghieh Hajiboland; Aiuob Moradi; Ehsan Kahneh; Charlotte Poschenrieder; Fatemeh Nazari; Jelena Pavlovic; Roser Tolra; Seyed-Yahya Salehi-Lisar; Miroslav Nikolic
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Silicon-Phosphate Obtained from Rice Husk: a Sustainable Alternative to Phosphate Fertilizer Evaluated for Barley and Maize in Different Soils

Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
2023-05-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0718-9508
Part of ISSN: 0718-9516
Contributors: Mehmet Burak TAŞKIN; Hanife Akca; 0000-0003-2572-127X; HAVVA TASKIN; Kıymet Deniz; Yusuf Kagan KADIOGLU; Miroslav Nikolic; ismail Cakmak; Aydin Gunes
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Silicon Differently Affects Apoplastic Binding of Excess Boron in Wheat and Sunflower Leaves

Plants
2023-04-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Jasna Savic; Jelena Pavlovic; Milos Stanojevic; Predrag Bosnic; Ljiljana Kostic Kravljanac; Nina Nikolic; Miroslav Nikolic
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Effects of exogenous salicylic acid on alleviation of arsenic-induced oxidative damages in rice

Journal of Plant Nutrition
2022-12-29 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0190-4167
Part of ISSN: 1532-4087
Contributors: Yongchao Liang; Zixiang Gao; Xinyuan Zhang; Miroslav Nikolic; Yongchao Liang
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Editorial: Wheat biofortification to alleviate global malnutrition

Frontiers in Nutrition
2022-09-16 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2296-861X
Contributors: Maria Itria Ibba; Om Prakash Gupta; Velu Govindan; Alexander Arthur Theodore Johnson; Henrik Brinch-Pedersen; Miroslav Nikolic; Victor Taleon
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A cool spot in a biodiversity hotspot: why do tall Eucalyptus forests in Southwest Australia exhibit low diversity?

Plant and Soil
2022-07-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0032-079X
Part of ISSN: 1573-5036
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Silicon fertilization influences microbial assemblages in rice roots and decreases arsenic concentration in grain: A five-season in-situ remediation field study

Journal of Hazardous Materials
2022-02 | Journal article
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Sewage Pollution Promotes the Invasion-Related Traits of Impatiens glandulifera in an Oligotrophic Habitat of the Sharr Mountain (Western Balkans)

Plants
2021-12-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Milos Stanojevic; Maja Trailovic; Tijana Dubljanin; Zoran Krivošej; Miroslav Nikolic; Nina Nikolic
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Estimation of carbon dots amelioration of copper toxicity in maize studied by synchrotron radiation-FTIR

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
2021-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Tanja Dučić; Ivana Milenković; Dragosav Mutavdžić; Miroslav Nikolić; M. Valle Martínez de Yuso; Željko Vučinić; Manuel Algarra; Ksenija Radotić
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Sequestration potential of phytolith occluded carbon in China's paddy rice (Oryza sativa L.) systems

Science of The Total Environment
2021-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0048-9697
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Interactions of Silicon With Essential and Beneficial Elements in Plants

Frontiers in Plant Science
2021-06-23 | Journal article
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Silicon crosstalk with reactive oxygen species, phytohormones and other signaling molecules

Journal of Hazardous Materials
2021-04 | Journal article
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Early Leaf Removal Increases Berry and Wine Phenolics in Cabernet Sauvignon Grown in Eastern Serbia

Agronomy
2021-01-28 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2073-4395
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Selenium activates components of iron acquisition machinery in oilseed rape roots

Plant and Soil
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85086565851

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15735036 0032079X

Contributors: Hajiboland, R.; Sadeghzadeh, N.; Bosnic, D.; Bosnic, P.; Tolrà, R.; Poschenrieder, C.; Nikolic, M.
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Significance of silicon uptake, transport, and deposition in plants

Journal of Experimental Botany
2020-12-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Rushil Mandlik; Vandana Thakral; Gaurav Raturi; Suhas Shinde; Miroslav Nikolić; Durgesh K Tripathi; Humira Sonah; Rupesh Deshmukh; Vijay Singh
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High monosilicic acid supply rapidly increases Na accumulation in maize roots by decreasing external Ca<sup>2+</sup> activity

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85058685327

Contributors: Bosnic, P.; Pavlicevic, M.; Nikolic, N.; Nikolic, M.
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Leaves of common urban tree species (Aesculus hippocastanum, Acer platanoides, Betula pendula and Tilia cordata) as a measure of particle and particle-bound pollution: a 4-year study

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85069868527

Contributors: Aničić Urošević, M.; Jovanović, G.; Stević, N.; Deljanin, I.; Nikolić, M.; Tomašević, M.; Samson, R.
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Silicon alleviates iron deficiency in barley by enhancing expression of strategy ii genes and metal redistribution

Frontiers in Plant Science
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85064227790

Contributors: Nikolic, D.B.; Nesic, S.; Bosnic, D.; Kostic, L.; Nikolic, M.; Samardzic, J.T.
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Silicon improves the production of high antioxidant or structural phenolic compounds in barley cultivars under aluminum stress

Agronomy
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85070230881

Contributors: Vega, I.; Nikolic, M.; Pontigo, S.; Godoy, K.; de La Luz Mora, M.; Cartes, P.
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Silicon and Iron Differently Alleviate Copper Toxicity in Cucumber Leaves

Plants
2019-11-28 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2223-7747
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Silicon alleviates copper (Cu) toxicity in cucumber by increased Cu-binding capacity

Plant and Soil
2019-08-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Dragana Bosnić; Dragana Nikolić; Gordana Timotijević; Jelena Pavlović; Marek Vaculík; Jelena Samardžić; Miroslav Nikolić
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Phosphorus efficiency modulates phenol metabolism in wheat genotypes

Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85057254932

Contributors: Pontigo, S.; Ulloa, M.; Godoy, K.; Nikolic, N.; Nikolic, M.; de la Luz Mora, M.; Cartes, P.
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Plant Responses to Iron Deficiency and Toxicity and Iron Use Efficiency in Plants

Plant Micronutrient Use Efficiency: Molecular and Genomic Perspectives in Crop Plants
2018 | Book
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2-s2.0-85054378885

Contributors: Nikolic, M.; Pavlovic, J.
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Silicon acquisition and accumulation in plant and its significance for agriculture

Journal of Integrative Agriculture
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85054240946

Contributors: YAN, G.-C.; Nikolic, M.; YE, M.-J.; XIAO, Z.-X.; LIANG, Y.-C.
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Silicon mediates sodium transport and partitioning in maize under moderate salt stress

Environmental and Experimental Botany
2018-09-01 | Journal article
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Silicon acquisition and accumulation in plant and its significance for agriculture

Journal of Integrative Agriculture
2018-08-01 | Journal article
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To dam, or not to dam? Abolishment of further flooding impedes the natural revegetation processes after long‐term fluvial deposition of copper tailings

Land Degradation & Development
2018-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Nina Nikolic; Ljiljana Kostic; Miroslav Nikolic
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Sodium silicate and calcium silicate differentially affect silicon and aluminium uptake, antioxidant performance and phenolics metabolism of ryegrass in an acid Andisol

2018-02-01 | Journal article
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Silicon increases phosphorus (P) uptake by wheat under low P acid soil conditions

Plant and Soil
2017-10-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Ljiljana Kostic; Nina Nikolic; Dragana Bosnic; Jelena Samardzic; Miroslav Nikolic
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Iron

Handbook of Plant Nutrition
2016 | Book
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2-s2.0-85050951473

Contributors: Römheld, V.; Nikolic, M.
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Binding of transition metals to monosilicic acid in aqueous and xylem (Cucumis sativus L.) solutions: a low-T electron paramagnetic resonance study

BioMetals
2016-10-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Nenad Stevic; Jelena Korac; Jelena Pavlovic; Miroslav Nikolic
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Silicon enhances leaf remobilization of iron in cucumber under limited iron conditions

Annals of Botany
2016-08-02 | Journal article
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The assessment of soil availability and wheat grain status of zinc and iron in Serbia: Implications for human nutrition

Science of The Total Environment
2016-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Miroslav Nikolic; Nina Nikolic; Ljiljana Kostic; Jelena Pavlovic; Predrag Bosnic; Nenad Stevic; Jasna Savic; Nikola Hristov
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Chemometrics in biomonitoring: Distribution and correlation of trace elements in tree leaves

Science of The Total Environment
2016-03-01 | Journal article
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Establishment and in-house validation of stem-loop RT PCR method for microRNA398 expression analysis

Genetika
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84945961001

Contributors: Timotijević, G.S.; Milisavljević, M.D.; Nikolić, D.B.; Milovanović, B.M.; Nikolić, D.S.; Nikolic, M.; Samardžić, J.T.
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Liming of anthropogenically acidified soil promotes phosphorus acquisition in the rhizosphere of wheat

Biology and Fertility of Soils
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84925484391

Contributors: Kostic, L.; Nikolic, N.; Samardzic, J.; Milisavljevic, M.; Maksimović, V.; Cakmak, D.; Manojlovic, D.; Nikolic, M.
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Silicon in agriculture: From theory to practice

Silicon in Agriculture: From Theory to Practice
2015 | Book
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2-s2.0-84943239224

Contributors: Liang, Y.; Nikolic, M.; Bélanger, R.; Gong, H.; Song, A.
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Silicon in vascular plants: Uptake, transport and its influence on mineral stress under acidic conditions

Planta
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84938346302

Contributors: Pontigo, S.; Ribera, A.; Gianfreda, L.; de la Luz Mora, M.; Nikolic, M.; Cartes, P.
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Long-term passive restoration following fluvial deposition of sulphidic copper tailings: nature filters out the solutions

Environmental Science and Pollution Research
2015-08-30 | Journal article
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