A novel method to characterize silica bodies in grasses

A Study of Phytolith-occluded Carbon Stock in Monopodial Bamboo in China

(2015) Jie Yang et al.   Scientific Reports

New method for visualization of silica phytoliths in Sorghum bicolor roots by fluorescence microscopy revealed silicate concentration-dependent phytolith formation

(2014) Milan Soukup et al.   PLANTA

Arsenite transporters expression in rice (Oryza sativa L.) associated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) colonization under different levels of arsenite stress

(2012) Xunwen Chen et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

The transformation of phytolith morphology as the result of their exposure to high temperature

(2012) Yan Wu et al.   MICROSCOPY RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUE

Comparing dry ashing and wet oxidation methods. The case of the rice husk (Oryza sativa L.)

(2012) Xiuping Sun et al.   MICROSCOPY RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUE

Silicon nutrition increases grain yield, which, in turn, exerts a feed-forward stimulation of photosynthetic rates via enhanced mesophyll conductance and alters primary metabolism in rice

(2012) Kelly C. Detmann et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Early Mixed Farming of Millet and Rice 7800 Years Ago in the Middle Yellow River Region, China

(2012) Jianping Zhang et al.   PLoS One

Silica uptake from nanoparticles and silica condensation state in different tissues of Phragmites australis

(2012) Jörg Schaller et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Interactive effects of plant-available soil silicon and herbivory on competition between two grass species

(2011) Mihail Garbuzov et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Phytolith Analysis for Differentiating between Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica) and Green Foxtail (Setaria viridis)

(2011) Jianping Zhang et al.   PLoS One

Late Cretaceous origin of the rice tribe provides evidence for early diversification in Poaceae

(2011) V. Prasad et al.   Nature Communications

Silicon Alleviates Drought Stress of Rice Plants by Improving Plant Water Status, Photosynthesis and Mineral Nutrient Absorption

(2010) Wei Chen et al.   BIOLOGICAL TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH

Phytoliths Analysis for the Discrimination of Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica) and Common Millet (Panicum miliaceum)

(2009) Houyuan Lu et al.   PLoS One

A Novel Mechanism by which Silica Defends Grasses Against Herbivory

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

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

(2008) Fergus P. Massey et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY