Got silicon? The non-essential beneficial plant nutrient

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 268-272

  Richmond, Kathryn E ^a   Sussman, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLIFORMES; ARABIDOPSIS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; LILIOPSIDA;

EID: 0038810244     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(03)00041-4     Document Type: Review

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