Silicon concentration and leaf longevity: is silicon a player in the leaf dry mass spectrum?

Isolation and functional characterization of an influx silicon transporter in two pumpkin cultivars contrasting in silicon accumulation

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Is plant ecology more siliceous than we realise?

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Silicon-augmented resistance of plants to herbivorous insects: a review

(2009) O.L. Reynolds et al.   ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY

A Novel Mechanism by which Silica Defends Grasses Against Herbivory

(2008) J. W. Hunt et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Phylocom: software for the analysis of phylogenetic community structure and trait evolution

(2008) Campbell O. Webb et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Are silica defences in grasses driving vole population cycles?

(2008) F.P Massey et al.   Biology Letters

Functions and transport of silicon in plants

(2008) J. F. Ma et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Physical defences wear you down: progressive and irreversible impacts of silica on insect herbivores

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