Silicon in the soil–plant continuum: Intricate feedback mechanisms within ecosystems

O Katz, D Puppe, D Kaczorek, NB Prakash, J Schaller - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plants' ability to take up silicon from the soil, accumulate it within their tissues and then
reincorporate it into the soil through litter creates an intricate network of feedback …

Understanding how silicon fertilization impacts chemical ecology and multitrophic interactions among plants, insects and beneficial arthropods

TK Bhoi, I Samal, DK Mahanta, J Komal, D Jinger… - Silicon, 2023 - Springer
Silicon (Si), an essential nutrient in the plant health system, are gaining momentum in
facilitating defense mechanisms against biotic and abiotic stresses. Recently, Si has …

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

O Katz - Flora, 2019 - Elsevier
Plant silicon (Si) content is a trait that has gained increasing attention in recent years, and is
now often suggested to be a plant functional trait. This paper reviews the evidence that …

The spatiotemporal changes and the impacts of climate factors on grassland in the northern Songnen plain (China)

L Wang, S Zheng, X Wang - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Grassland is an important ecosystem; the spatiotemporal evolution trend of grassland and its
impacts on climatic factors play an irreplaceable role in maintaining regional sustainable …

What drives elevational pattern of phytolith diversity in Thysanolaena maxima (Roxb.) O. Ktze? A study from the Darjeeling Himalayas

SB Dey, R Ghosh, M Shekhar, B Mukherjee… - … , Functional Ecology of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Phytolith formation in plants is commonly thought to be influenced by variations in
temperature, precipitation and other environmental factors. The objective of this study is to …

Could the grasses have played a role in the earliest salt exploitation? Phytoliths analysis of prehistoric salt spring from Hălăbutoaia - Ţolici (Romania)

M Danu, C Delhon, O Weller - Archaeological and Anthropological …, 2020 - Springer
The salt spring exploitation from Hălăbutoaia-Ţolici (Neamț County, Romania) dates back
to the Early Neolithic and lasted throughout Chalcolithic. The deposit stratigraphy is …

The Research on Phytoliths Size Variation Characteristics in Phragmites communis Under Warming Conditions

L Hongyan, J Dongmei, L Lidan, G Zhuo, G Guizai… - Silicon, 2018 - Springer
Studying the responses of phytoliths to warming is a new approach to interpret how
grassland ecosystems respond to global change. We used an infrared radiator to simulate …

Variability in phytolith spectra of some Panicoid grasses from different soil salinity zones of the deltaic West Bengal, India: implications in understanding depositional …

M Naskar, R Ghosh, S Bera - Botany Letters, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Phytoliths are microscopic silica bodies deposited in and between plant cells. They are
known to be important environment indicators and thus hold significant prospect for present …