Siliplant1 protein precipitates silica in sorghum silica cells

Kumar, S; Adiram-Filiba, N; Blum, S; Sanchez-Lopez, JA; Tzfadia, O; Omid, A; Volpin, H; Heifetz, Y; Goobes, G; Elbaum, R

Kumar, S; Elbaum, R (corresponding author), Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Robert H Smith Fac Agr Food & Environm, Robert H Smith Inst Plant Sci & Genet Agr, IL-7610001 Rehovot, Israel.

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, 2020; 71 (21): 6830

Abstract

Silicon is absorbed by plant roots as silicic acid. The acid moves with the transpiration stream to the shoot, and mineralizes as silica. In grasses, ......

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