Silicon and plants: Current knowledge and technological perspectives

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Luyckx, Marie ^a   Hausman, Jean Francois ^b   Lutts, Stanley ^a   Guerriero, Gea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Biosilicification; Cell wall; Priming; Silicic acid; Stresses

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017318315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00411     Document Type: Article

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