Variable silicon accumulation in plants affects terrestrial carbon cycling by controlling lignin synthesis

Silicon availability modifies nutrient use efficiency and content, C:N:P stoichiometry and productivity of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

(2017) Silke Neu et al.   Scientific Reports

Soil processes drive the biological silicon feedback loop

(2016) Jean-Thomas Cornelis et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Dual, differential isotope labeling shows the preferential movement of labile plant constituents into mineral-bonded soil organic matter

(2016) Michelle L. Haddix et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Silicon cycle in rice paddy fields: insights provided by relations between silicon forms in topsoils and plant silicon uptake

(2016) T. Klotzbücher et al.   NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS

Plant-available silicon in paddy soils as a key factor for sustainable rice production in Southeast Asia

(2015) Thimo Klotzbücher et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Agricultural landscapes and ecosystem services in South-East Asia—the LEGATO-Project

(2015) Josef Settele et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Silicon, the silver bullet for mitigating biotic and abiotic stress, and improving grain quality, in rice?

(2015) Caroline Meharg et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Interaction between silicon cycling and straw decomposition in a silicon deficient rice production system

(2015) A. Marxen et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

A cooperative system of silicon transport in plants

(2015) Jian Feng Ma et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Silicon Affects Nutrient Content and Ratios of Wetland Plants

(2015) Jörg Schaller et al.   Silicon

Silica decouples fungal growth and litter decomposition without changing responses to climate warming and N enrichment

(2014) Jörg Schaller et al.   ECOLOGY

A contemporary overview of silicon availability in agricultural soils

(2014) Richard J. Haynes   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Limited Si-nutrient status of rice plants in relation to plant-available Si of soils, nitrogen fertilizer application, and rice-growing environments across Sub-Saharan Africa

(2013) Yasuhiro Tsujimoto et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Silicon controls microbial decay and nutrient release of grass litter during aquatic decomposition

(2013) Jörg Schaller et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Long-term carbon storage through retention of dissolved aromatic acids by reactive particles in soil

(2012) Marc G. Kramer et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Effect of silicon deficiency on secondary cell wall synthesis in rice leaf

(2012) Tsuyoshi Yamamoto et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

Tradeoffs between foliar silicon and carbon-based defences: evidence from vegetation communities of contrasting soil types

(2012) Julia Cooke et al.   OIKOS

Silicon deficiency promotes lignin accumulation in rice

(2012) Shiro Suzuki et al.   Plant Biotechnology

Benefits of plant silicon for crops: a review

(2011) Flore Guntzer et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Interactions among lignin, cellulose, and nitrogen drive litter chemistry–decay relationships

(2011) Jennifer M. Talbot et al.   ECOLOGY

Silicon availability changes structural carbon ratio and phenol content of grasses

(2011) Jörg Schaller et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

(2011) Michael W. I. Schmidt et al.   NATURE

Silicon supply modifies C:N:P stoichiometry and growth of Phragmites australis

(2011) J. Schaller et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Calcium and silicon mineralization in land plants: Transport, structure and function

(2011) Petra Bauer et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Silica uptake in aquatic and wetland macrophytes: a strategic choice between silica, lignin and cellulose?

(2010) Jonas Schoelynck et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Fate of lignins in soils: A review

(2010) Mathieu Thevenot et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Crop residue management effects on organic matter in paddy soils — The lignin component

(2008) Andreas Bierke et al.   GEODERMA

Rates of litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems: global patterns and controlling factors

(2008) Deqiang Zhang et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Changes in humic substances along an age sequence of Norway spruce stands planted on former agricultural land

(2008) C. Cerli et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY