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

Functions of phytoliths in vascular plants: an evolutionary perspective

(2016) Caroline A. E. Strömberg et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

How did the domestication of Fertile Crescent grain crops increase their yields?

(2016) Catherine Preece et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The ecology of herbivore-induced silicon defences in grasses

(2016) Susan E. Hartley 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

Mechanism of silica deposition in sorghum silica cells

(2016) Santosh Kumar et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Domestication impacts on plant–herbivore interactions: a meta-analysis

(2016) Susan R. Whitehead et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Crop Domestication and Its Impact on Naturally Selected Trophic Interactions

(2015) Yolanda H. Chen et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Round and round in cycles? Silicon-based plant defences and vole population dynamics

(2015) Susan E. Hartley   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Plant domestication through an ecological lens

(2015) Rubén Milla et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

A cooperative system of silicon transport in plants

(2015) Jian Feng Ma et al.   TRENDS 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

Physical leaf defenses - altered byZealife-history evolution, domestication, and breeding - mediate oviposition preference of a specialist leafhopper

(2015) Edwin Bellota et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

A Kenward-Roger Approximation and Parametric Bootstrap Methods for Tests in Linear Mixed Models - TheRPackagepbkrtest

(2015) Ulrich Halekoh et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Maize Domestication and Anti-Herbivore Defences: Leaf-Specific Dynamics during Early Ontogeny of Maize and Its Wild Ancestors

(2015) Daniel Maag et al.   PLoS One

Plant-herbivore interactions: silicon concentration in tussock sedges and population dynamics of root voles

(2014) Monika Wieczorek et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Photosynthetic Gas Exchange in Common Bean Submitted to Foliar Sprays of Potassium Silicate, Sodium Molybdate and Fungicide and Infected withColletotrichum lindemuthianum

(2014) Fabrício A. Rodrigues et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY

The impact of domestication on resistance to two generalist herbivores across 29 independent domestication events

(2014) Martin M. Turcotte et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

Beneficial effects of silicon on salt and drought tolerance in plants

(2013) Yongxing Zhu et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Life-history constraints in grassland plant species: a growth-defence trade-off is the norm

(2013) Eric M. Lind et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Transpiration-dependent passive silica accumulation in cucumber (Cucumis sativus) under varying soil silicon availability

(2012) Shaji Faisal et al.   Botany

Rapid and accurate analyses of silicon and phosphorus in plants using a portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer

(2012) Stefan Reidinger et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Patterns and processes in crop domestication: an historical review and quantitative analysis of 203 global food crops

(2012) Rachel S. Meyer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Benefits of plant silicon for crops: a review

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

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

(2011) Mihail Garbuzov et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Silicon availability changes structural carbon ratio and phenol content of grasses

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

Tracing the history of plant traits under domestication in cranberries: potential consequences on anti-herbivore defences

(2011) C. Rodriguez-Saona et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Increased growth in sunflower correlates with reduced defences and altered gene expression in response to biotic and abiotic stress

(2011) MAYA MAYROSE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Partitioning the Components of Relative Growth Rate: How Important Is Plant Size Variation?

(2010) Mark Rees et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Plant invasions, generalist herbivores, and novel defense weapons

(2010) Urs Schaffner et al.   ECOLOGY

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

(2010) Jonas Schoelynck et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Is plant ecology more siliceous than we realise?

(2010) Julia Cooke et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

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

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

Gross vs. net income: How plant toughness affects performance of an insect herbivore

(2009) Fiona J. Clissold et al.   ECOLOGY

Domestication and defence: Foliar tannins and C/N ratios in cassava and a close wild relative

(2008) Laurence Mondolot et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

A Novel Mechanism by which Silica Defends Grasses Against Herbivory

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

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

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

Large multi-gene phylogenetic trees of the grasses (Poaceae): Progress towards complete tribal and generic level sampling

(2008) Yanis Bouchenak-Khelladi et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION