Soil and climate affect foliar silicification patterns and silica-cellulose balance in sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)

Silicon Dynamics During 2 Million Years of Soil Development in a Coastal Dune Chronosequence Under a Mediterranean Climate

(2020) Felix de Tombeur et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Comparative analysis of borate fusion versus sodium carbonate extraction for quantification of silicon contents in plants

(2020) Ryosuke Nakamura et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

Diversity of silicon release rates among tropical tree species during leaf-litter decomposition

(2020) Ryosuke Nakamura et al.   GEODERMA

Increased Silicon Acquisition in Bananas Colonized by Rhizophagus irregularis MUCL 41833 Reduces the Incidence of Pseudocercospora fijiensis

(2019) Louis-Raymond Gbongue et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Effects of phytolithic rice-straw biochar, soil buffering capacity and pH on silicon bioavailability

(2019) Zimin Li et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The Relative Importance of Cell Wall and Lumen Phytoliths in Carbon Sequestration in Soil: A Hypothesis

(2019) Martin J. Hodson   Frontiers in Earth Science

Silicon accumulation in rice plant aboveground biomass affects leaf carbon quality

(2019) Jörg Schaller et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The weathering stage of tropical soils affects the soil-plant cycle of silicon, but depending on land use

(2019) Charles Vander Linden et al.   GEODERMA

Silicon and Plant Natural Defenses against Insect Pests: Impact on Plant Volatile Organic Compounds and Cascade Effects on Multitrophic Interactions

(2019) Leroy et al.   Plants-Basel

Soil microaggregates store phytoliths in a sandy loam

(2019) Zimin Li et al.   GEODERMA

Rough and tough. How does silicic acid protect horsetail from fungal infection?

(2018) Gea Guerriero et al.   JOURNAL OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY

The controversies of silicon's role in plant biology

(2018) Devrim Coskun et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Silicon content is a plant functional trait: implications in a changing world

(2018) Ofir Katz   FLORA

Still armed after domestication? Impacts of domestication and agronomic selection on silicon defences in cereals

(2017) Kimberley J. Simpson et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

(2017) Thimo Klotzbücher et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Interplay between silica deposition and viability during the life span of sorghum silica cells

(2017) Santosh Kumar et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Effect of phytoliths for mitigating water stress in durum wheat

(2017) Jean Dominique Meunier et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Disease Suppressive Soils: New Insights from the Soil Microbiome

(2017) Daniel Schlatter et al.   PHYTOPATHOLOGY

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi promote silicon accumulation in plant roots, reducing the impacts of root herbivory

(2017) Adam Frew et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Host plant colonisation by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi stimulates immune function whereas high root silicon concentrations diminish growth in a soil-dwelling herbivore

(2017) Adam Frew et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Silicification in Grasses: Variation between Different Cell Types

(2017) Santosh Kumar et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

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

Intraspecific biogenic silica variations in the grass species Pennisetum pedicellatum along an evapotranspiration gradient in South Niger

(2016) I. Issaharou-Matchi et al.   FLORA

Silicon in aquatic vegetation

(2016) Jonas Schoelynck et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The functional ecology of plant silicon: geoscience to genes

(2016) Julia Cooke et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Consistent alleviation of abiotic stress with silicon addition: a meta-analysis

(2016) Julia Cooke et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Soil processes drive the biological silicon feedback loop

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

Trade-Offs between Silicon and Phenolic Defenses may Explain Enhanced Performance of Root Herbivores on Phenolic-Rich Plants

(2016) Adam Frew et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Silicon improves photosynthesis and strengthens enzyme activities in the C 3 succulent xerophyte Zygophyllum xanthoxylum under drought stress

(2016) Jianjun Kang et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Mechanism of silica deposition in sorghum silica cells

(2016) Santosh Kumar et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Silicon acquisition by bananas (c.V. Grande Naine) is increased in presence of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis MUCL 41833

(2016) Corinne Coretta Oye Anda et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Variation in the soil ‘silicon landscape’ explains plant silica accumulation across environmental gradients in Serengeti

(2016) Kathleen M. Quigley et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

A Review of Silicon in Soils and Plants and Its Role in US Agriculture

(2016) Brenda S. Tubana et al.   SOIL SCIENCE

Leaf cellulose density as the key determinant of inter- and intra-specific variation in leaf fracture toughness in a species-rich tropical forest

(2016) Kaoru Kitajima et al.   Interface Focus

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

Lignin in plant biomasses: comparative metrological assessment of the detergent fiber and the insoluble dietary fiber methods

(2015) Bruno Godin et al.   CELLULOSE

Mechanisms of silicon-mediated alleviation of heavy metal toxicity in plants: A review

(2015) Muhammad Adrees et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Molecular evolution of aquaporins and silicon influx in plants

(2015) Rupesh Deshmukh et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

A possible mechanism of biological silicification in plants

(2015) Christopher Exley   Frontiers in Plant Science

Defending the leaf surface: intra- and inter-specific differences in silicon deposition in grasses in response to damage and silicon supply

(2015) Sue E. Hartley et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Structural Carbohydrates in a Plant Biomass: Correlations between the Detergent Fiber and Dietary Fiber Methods

(2014) Bruno Godin et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

The Matrix Polysaccharide (1;3,1;4)-β-d-Glucan is Involved in Silicon-Dependent Strengthening of Rice Cell Wall

(2014) Natsumi Kido et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

High-level hemicellulosic arabinose predominately affects lignocellulose crystallinity for genetically enhancing both plant lodging resistance and biomass enzymatic digestibility in rice mutants

(2014) Fengcheng Li et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Leaf silica concentration in Serengeti grasses increases with watering but not clipping: insights from a common garden study and literature review

(2014) Kathleen M. Quigley et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Silicon fertilisation decreases brown rust incidence in sugarcane

(2013) Mônica Sartori de Camargo et al.   CROP PROTECTION

Towards producing pure phytolith concentrates from plants that are suitable for carbon isotopic analysis

(2013) Rémi Corbineau et al.   REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY

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

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

How cellulose-based leaf toughness and lamina density contribute to long leaf lifespans of shade-tolerant species

(2012) Kaoru Kitajima et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2012) Julia Cooke et al.   OIKOS

Soil silicon amendments increase resistance of sugarcane to stalk borer Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) under field conditions

(2012) Malcolm G. Keeping et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Silicon deficiency promotes lignin accumulation in rice

(2012) Shiro Suzuki et al.   Plant Biotechnology

New insight into silica deposition in horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

(2011) Chinnoi Law et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Silicon availability changes structural carbon ratio and phenol content of grasses

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

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

Silicon: its manifold roles in plants

(2009) E. Epstein   ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY

The reserve of weatherable primary silicates impacts the accumulation of biogenic silicon in volcanic ash soils

(2008) C. Henriet et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Surface chemistry and reactivity of plant phytoliths in aqueous solutions

(2008) Fabrice Fraysse et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Epidermal silicon in sugarcane: Cultivar differences and role in resistance to sugarcane borer Eldana saccharina

(2008) Malcolm G. Keeping et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Physiological and cytological mechanisms of silicon-induced resistance in rice against blast disease

(2008) Kunzheng Cai et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Leaf silicon content in banana (Musa spp.) reveals the weathering stage of volcanic ash soils in Guadeloupe

(2008) C. Henriet et al.   PLANT AND SOIL