New X-raying method reveals how a fern accumulates rare-earth elements in its tissues
Tag - silicon
Juniper Kiss
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.
Aluminium-silicon interactions in higher plants: a brief personal history
How aluminium, silicon and two researchers are connected.
Martin Hodson
Silicon: the underappreciated plant nutrient
What nutrients do you consider to be important to a plant? What do plants need to be successful, to grow, photosynthesise, develop and defend themselves effectively against pests and disease? The majority of people...
Adam Frew
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.
botanyone
Silicon moderated K-deficiency-induced leaf chlorosis
Silicon (Si) has been widely reported to alleviate the plant nutrient deficiency, but the alleviating effect of Si on potassium (K) deficiency and its underlying mechanism are poorly understood. Chen et al. investigate...
Silicon enhances leaf remobilization of iron in cucumber
Recently it has been demonstrated that Si nutrition can alleviate Fe deficiency chlorosis in cucumber (Cucumis sativus) by enhancing acquisition and root-to-shoot translocation of Fe. Here, Pavlovic et al. show that Si...
Silicon enhances cellular defences in root tissues of cotton after pathogen inoculation
Silicon has been shown to enhance the resistance of plants to fungal and bacterial pathogens, however the underlying mechanisms have not been studied in detail in most plants. Whan et al. compare cellular and...
Grass – potential killer or just misunderstood?
I remember reading that grass had a huge impact on ecosystems, but maybe missed its best chance to become famous. It’s possible grass would have been known as the killer of the dinosaurs, if a meteorite...
Alun Salt
