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Taxonomic Demarcation of Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult., S. verticillata (L.) P. Beauv., and S. viridis (L.) P. Beauv. (Cenchrinae, Paniceae, Panicoideae, Poaceae) From Phytolith Signatures

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018
Background and Aims: The role and significance of phytoliths in taxonomic diagnosis of grass species has been well documented with a focus on the types found in foliar epidermis and the synflorescence. The present paper is an attempt to broaden the scope
Mudassir A. Bhat, Sheikh A. Shakoor, Priya Badgal, Amarjit S. Soodan   +3 more
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Understanding fossil phytolith preservation: the role of partial dissolution in paleoecology and archaeology. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Opaline phytoliths are important microfossils used for paleoecological and archaeological reconstructions that are primarily based on relative ratios of specific morphotypes.
Dan Cabanes, Ruth Shahack-Gross
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Surface phytolith and pollen assemblages of a low-latitude subtropical region in Southwest China and their implications for vegetation and climate

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Phytoliths, as a newly developing plant proxy, have broad application prospects in paleoclimate and paleoethnobotany. However, the shortage of studies regarding tropical-subtropical plants and topsoil phytoliths interferes with the research progress on ...
Min Wang, Min Wang, Qing Yang, Wanshu Yang, Lin Shi, Yu Zhang, Zining Zhou, Wuqi Zhang, Hongbo Zheng, Hongbo Zheng   +9 more
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Towards FAIRer phytolith data (FAIR Phytoliths Project)

, 2021
Presentation for the Open Life Science Cohort 3 Graduation.
Lancelotti, Carla, Ruiz-Pérez, Javier, Madella, Marco   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Assessing phytolith preservation in a Late Quaternary loess-paleosol sequence from the Kashmir Valley, Northwest Himalaya, India

Quaternary Science Advances
Phytolith content and its preservation in soils form a robust tool for paleoecological reconstruction. Post-depositional processes, however, influence the preservation of phytolith assemblages in soils thus making the paleoecological inferences biased ...
Waseem Qader, Reyaz Ahmad Dar, Ishfaq Ul Rehman, Irfan Rashid, Suhail Hussain Sheikh   +4 more
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Assessing production of phytolith and phytolith occluded carbon in above-ground biomass of intensively cultivated rice ecosystems in India

Carbon Management, 2021
Carbon (C) occluded in phytoliths is stable and an important source of long-term C storage into the agroecosystems. As a silicon (Si) accumulator crop, rice produces a large amount of phytolith occluded carbon (PhytOC) and which plays a crucial role in ...
M. Anjum, Prakash Nagabovanalli
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Phytolith‐rich biochar: A potential Si fertilizer in desilicated soils

GCB Bioenergy, 2019
Silicon (Si) is beneficial to plants since it increases photosynthetic efficiency, and alleviates biotic and abiotic stresses. In the most highly weathered and desilicated soils, plant phytoliths make up the reservoir of bioavailable Si.
Zimin Li, B. Delvaux
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Resolving the biome debate: ecological and palaeo‐data concur that the extensive tree‐limited grassy biomes of central and north‐western Madagascar are largely anthropogenic

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For millennia, human activities have transformed ecosystems globally. Determining which landscapes are predominantly anthropogenic is crucial to conservation and habitat restoration. Madagascar, a critically‐threatened biodiversity hotspot, is a prominent example.
Grant S. Joseph, Sean Hixon, Colleen L. Seymour, Laurie R. Godfrey, Miguel Pedrono, Karen E. Samonds, Andrinajoro R. Rakotoarivelo, Brooke E. Crowley   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Soil Characteristics on Arsenic Accumulation in Phytolith of Gramineae (Phragmites japonica) and Fern (Thelypteris palustris) Near the Gilgok Gold Mine

Sustainability, 2021
In South Korea, most metal mines were abandoned and caused contamination for more than 30 years. Even the soil is highly contaminated with trace elements, plants still grow in the area and can affect the contamination.
Hyun-Gi Min, Min-Suk Kim, Jeong-Gyu Kim
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Phytolith Content Negatively Affects Forage Quality of Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees

Agronomy, 2023
Phytoliths are intra and extracellular siliceous deposits present in different plant tissues. Si uptake and transport are mediated by Lsi genes and its concentration is associated with forage quality.
Jimena Gallardo, Marina Díaz, José Carballo, Antonio Garayalde, Viviana Echenique   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source