Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and Phytolith Analysis: An Approach to Study the Deposition and Distribution Pattern of Silicon in Different Parts of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Plant

Agricultural Research

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 352-361

  Tripathi, Durgesh Kumar ^a   Kumar, Rohit ^a   Pathak, Ashok Kumar ^a   Chauhan, Devendra Kumar ^a   Rai, Awadhesh Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

LIBS; PCA; Phytolith; Poaceae; Silicon

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SILICON;

DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; LASERINDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); LIBS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; PHYTOLITH; POACEAE; SPECTRAL SIGNATURE; WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DEPOSITION; LEAF; MINERAL; PHYTOLITH; SILICON; SPECTROSCOPY; WHEAT;

POACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84883802435     PISSN: 2249720X     EISSN: 22497218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40003-012-0042-6     Document Type: Article

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