In rice, Si uptake is governed by two different types of root transporters, but the specific machinery involved in cell-specific Si deposition in rice leaves remains a mystery. Researchers at Okayama ...

Interaction between silicon cycling and straw decomposition in a silicon deficient rice production system. Plant and Soil , 2015; DOI: 10.1007/s11104-015-2645-8 Cite This Page : ...

Silicon: An important element in rice production Date: April 28, 2015 Source: Pensoft Publishers Summary: Recent research showed that, although long neglected by ecologists, silicon is in fact ...

Rice, the food that feeds the world, may one day also satisfy the semiconductor industry’s hunger for raw materials. The tough hull that encases rice grains contains 20 percent silicon dioxide ...

They also looked at rice ash, which Seyfferth said is basically a charred rice husk material, as an amendment. “We used those two materials and compared the growth of rice with those materials ...

Silicon (Si) is abundant in terrestrial environments and accounts for 0.1% to 10% of a plant’s dry weight. Certain plant species show high levels of Si accumulation, and research has identified high ...