Transpiration-dependent passive silica accumulation in cucumber (Cucumis sativus) under varying soil silicon availability

Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1058-1064

  Faisal, Shaji ^a   Callis, Kristine L ^a   Slot, Martijn ^a   Kitajima, Kaoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active uptake; Cucumber; Plant silica; Silicon; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 84868667547     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b2012-072     Document Type: Note

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