Can silicon partially alleviate micronutrient deficiency in plants? a review

Planta

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 447-458

  Hernandez Apaolaza, Lourdes ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Metal distribution; Micronutrients deficiency; Remobilization; Silicon; Storage pools

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

HEAVY METAL; SILICON; TRACE ELEMENT;

METABOLISM; PLANT;

METALS, HEAVY; MICRONUTRIENTS; PLANTS; SILICON;

EID: 84907597937     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-014-2119-x     Document Type: Review

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