Beyond grasses: the potential benefits of studying silicon accumulation in non-grass species

Front Plant Sci. 2014 Jul 31:5:376. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00376. eCollection 2014.

Ofir Katz¹

¹ Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Be'er-Sheva, Israel.

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Keywords: Asteraceae; Fabaceae; Orchidaceae; Poaceae; Rubiaceae; phylogeny; phytolith; silicification.