A possible mechanism of biological silicification in plants

Plants are significant exponents of biological silicification. While not all plants are generally considered as biosilicifiers the extent to which all plants deposit biogenic silica is largely unknown. There are plants which are known as silica accumulators though even in these plants the extent and...

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Main Author: Christopher eExley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00853/full