Fire effects on phytolith carbon sequestration [PDF]
Scientific ReportsPhytolith have been recognized as an important soil bioavailable Si source for plants, as well as a sink of C and heavy metals in soils. Though the impacts of fire and heat on phytolith sequestration of some nutrients (phosphorus, potassium) and heavy ...
Rencheng Li +7 more
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Does silica concentration and phytolith ultrastructure relate to phytolith hardness? [PDF]
Biosurface and Biotribology, 2017 Grasses are an important part of the forage of many herbivorous mammals and their phytoliths have long been regarded as the most important agent of tooth wear. Recent work has challenged this “paradigm” in finding evidence 1.
Ellen Schulz-Kornas +3 more
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Past plant use in Jordan as revealed by archaeological and ethnoarchaeological phytolith signatures [PDF]
, 2011 Ninety-six phytolith samples were analysed from seven archaeological sites ranging from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic to the Classical period and from two ethnoarchaeological sites in Jordan.
Jenkins, E.L. +5 more
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Phytoliths from Woody Plants: A Review
Diversity, 2022 Phytoliths are efficient proxies in archaeology, plant taxonomy, palaeoenvironment, and palaeoecology reconstruction, the research of which has been developing rapidly in recent years. Phytolith morphology is the basis of phytolith research.
Xiaohong An, Xie Binrong
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Automating the bottleneck: a scalable deep learning pipeline for phytolith detection, imaging, and curation across single-cell and multi-cell morphotypes [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceDeep learning offers powerful tools for automating phytolith classification. Although foundational models have enabled image classification with little or no task specific training, specialized domains such as phytolith images still require a labor ...
Melanie Pugliese +7 more
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Irrigation and phytolith formation:an experimental study [PDF]
, 2011 It has been proposed that phytoliths from archaeological sites can be indicators of water availability and hence inform about past agricultural practices (Rosen and Weiner, 1994; Madella et al., 2009). Rosen and Weiner (1994) found that the number of
Jenkins, Emma L. +2 more
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Silicon Deposition and Phytolith Morphological Variation in Culm Sheaths of Dendrocalamus brandisii at Different Growth Stages [PDF]
PlantsBamboo is an efficient silicon accumulator with diverse phytolith morphotypes and composition. The bamboo culm sheath, traditionally considered as a modified leaf, plays a key role in bamboo taxonomy and provides significant mechanical and physiological ...
Siyuan Duan +6 more
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Comparison of Phytolith Characteristics of Three Bamboo Species’ Cotyledon Organs [PDF]
PlantsPhytoliths are widely used in plant taxonomy, paleoecology, soil silicon cycling, and agricultural archaeology. Bamboo has a strong capacity for silicon absorption, and there are some phytoliths in various organs.
Guomi Luo +6 more
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Comparative analysis of phytolith spectra of steppe and forest phytocoenoses [PDF]
Acta Biologica Sibirica, 2021 The primary research goal is to identify differences and diagnostic features of the phytolith spectra of the steppe and forest phytocoenoses. The paper presents the research results of recent soils from various communities.
Natalia Y. Speranskaya +2 more
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