Accumulation of silicon in the monocotyledons Deschampsia caespitosa, Festuca lemanii and Schoenus nigricans

Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 290-298

  Neumann, D ^a   Schwieger, W ^b   Lichtenberger, O ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Inst Tech Macromolec Chem   (Germany)

Author keywords

EDX; EELS; ESI; Monocotyledons; Silicic acid; SiO2

Indexed keywords

DESCHAMPSIA; DESCHAMPSIA CAESPITOSA; DESCHAMPSIA CESPITOSA; FESTUCA; FESTUCA LEMANII; LILIOPSIDA; SCHOENUS; SCHOENUS NIGRICANS;

EID: 0032995777     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1999.tb00255.x     Document Type: Article

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