[HTML][HTML] Impact of earthworms on soil Si availability and wheat Si concentration in low-and high-Si soils

D Monoshyn, MC Chibesa, M Puschenreiter… - Applied Soil …, 2024 - Elsevier
Silicon (Si) is a beneficial element known to increase growth and the stress resistance of
plants, including resistance against drought. However, as with many other elements, only a …

Evapotranspiration‐linked silica deposition in a basal tracheophyte plant (Lycopodiaceae: Lycopodiella alopecuroides): implications for the evolutionary origins of …

NS Whalen, TC Hunt, GM Erickson - New Phytologist, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Phytoliths, microscopic deposits of hydrated silica within plants, play a myriad of functional
roles in extant tracheophytes–yet their evolutionary origins and the original selective …