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Tag: silicon

Close Encounters Growth & Development

Rare pictures of Rare-Earth Elements in live hyper-accumulating fern roots and shoots: silicon might play a role in detoxification

New X-raying method reveals how a fern accumulates rare-earth elements in its tissues

by Juniper KissMarch 30, 2021March 30, 2021
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Cells, Genes & Molecules

Spectacular speckles: silicon only disguises the signs of manganese toxicity in sunflowers and soybeans

Silicon is essential for string plants, but new research reveals that it can also hide evidence of poisoning in plants.

by Juniper KissApril 29, 2020May 15, 2020
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Cells, Genes & Molecules Featured Plants & People

Aluminium-silicon interactions in higher plants: a brief personal history

How aluminium, silicon and two researchers are connected.

by Martin HodsonMarch 17, 2020March 17, 2020
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Silicon in a sunflower
Annals of Botany Articles Featured

Silicon: the underappreciated plant nutrient

by Adam FrewMay 16, 2018May 10, 2018
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Remains of sorghum primary roots after mineralization with sulphuric acid.
Annals of Botany

New insights into the formation of silica aggregates in sorghum roots

Even though silica and lignin can provide comparable stiffness, they cannot be considered as structural equivalents due to contrasting hydrophobicity.

by botanyoneDecember 7, 2017December 1, 2017
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A model depicting how Si is involved in alleviating K deficiency by reducing the excessive accumulation of putrescine.
Annals of Botany

Silicon moderated K-deficiency-induced leaf chlorosis

by botanyoneSeptember 16, 2016September 11, 2016
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The proposed model of Si-mediated alleviation of Fe deficiency in cucumber.
Annals of Botany

Silicon enhances leaf remobilization of iron in cucumber

by botanyoneSeptember 12, 2016September 11, 2016
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Fusarium oxysporum
Annals of Botany

Silicon enhances cellular defences in root tissues of cotton after pathogen inoculation

by botanyoneAugust 24, 2016August 19, 2016
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Horsetail
Articles

Grass – potential killer or just misunderstood?

by Alun SaltJuly 15, 2015July 14, 2015
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  3. Shyam Phartyal on What lies beneath? Botanists find a disconnection between how plants behave above and below ground.January 29, 2023

    Excellent study. An additional flooding treatment could have revealed little more about this above-below ground trait relationship.

  4. Nigel Chaffey on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 18, 2023

    Good afternoon, Patrick, Aha, one now begins to wonder if the spelling Catherine in the cited source should really have…

  5. Patrick Collins on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 17, 2023

    The bisindole alkaloid catharine is said to have been published and the molecular structure can be found scattered about, though…

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