UV-screening of grasses by plant silica layer?

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 413-416

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

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crucial trait; physiology; plant opal; silica; ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

FLORAL TRAIT; GRASS; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEEDLING; SILICA; SOYBEAN; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

BIOACCUMULATION; GRASS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PLANT; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STRESS; RADIATION ABSORPTION; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEEDLING; SOYBEAN; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SCREENING; WHEAT;

PLANT EPIDERMIS; POACEAE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

GLYCINE MAX; POACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84878018257     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 09737138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-013-9303-1     Document Type: Review

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