Silicon availability changes structural carbon ratio and phenol content of grasses

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 283-287

  Schaller, Jörg ^a   Brackhage, Carsten ^a   Dudel, E Gert ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Lignin; Macrophytes; Poaceae; Secondary metabolism; Silica

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CELLULOSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRASS; LIGNIN; MACROPHYTE; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOL; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RESORPTION; RHIZOME; SILICON; TRADE-OFF; TRANSLOCATION; TURNOVER;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POACEAE;

EID: 84855215434     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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