Plant Silicon Interactions between Organisms and the Implications for Ecosystems

• Main Author: Jane L. DeGabriel (auth)
• Other Authors: Julia Cooke (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Botany & plant sciences; Plant silicon; induced defence; Phytoliths; Poaceae; Herbivory; rice; Silicon accumulation; sugarcane
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In this Frontiers topic, we explore how the functions and fates of plant silicon interact with other organisms and ecosystem processes. By bringing together new data from multiple disciplines and scales, we present a cross-section of novel explorations into how plants use silicon and the implication...