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Impact of rice cultivar and organ on elemental composition of phytoliths and the release of bio-available silicon

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2014
The continental bio-cycling of silicon (Si) plays a key role in global Si cycle and as such partly controls global carbon (C) budget through nutrition of marine and terrestrial biota, accumulation of phytolith-occluded organic carbon (PhytOC) and ...
Zimin eLi, Zhaoliang eSong, Jean-Thomas eCornelis   +2 more
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Phytoliths in Inflorescence Bracts: Preliminary Results of an Investigation on Common Panicoideae Plants in China

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020
Phytoliths in the inflorescence of Poaceae plants can be of high taxonomic value in some archaeological contexts and provide insight into plant taxonomy and crop domestication processes. In this study, phytoliths in every inflorescence bract of 38 common
Yong Ge, Yong Ge, Houyuan Lu, Houyuan Lu, Houyuan Lu, Jianping Zhang, Jianping Zhang, Can Wang, Xing Gao, Xing Gao, Xing Gao   +10 more
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Grasses and the resource availability hypothesis: the importance of silica-based defences [PDF]

, 2007
The resource availability hypothesis (RAH) predicts that allocation of resources to anti-herbivore defences differs between species according to their growth rate.
Ennos, Roland A., Hartley, Susan, Massey, Fergus P.   +2 more
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Evidence for mid-Holocene rice domestication in the Americas [PDF]

, 2017
The development of agriculture is one of humankind’s most pivotal achievements. Questions about plant domestication and the origins of agriculture have engaged scholars for well over a century, with implications for understanding its legacy on global ...
Hilbert, Lautaro, Iriarte, José, Neves, Eduardo Góes, Pugliese, Francisco, Shock, Myrtle, Veasey, Elizabeth, Whitney, Bronwen, Zimpel, Carlos Augusto   +7 more
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Inter‐microscope comparability of dental microwear texture data obtained from different optical profilometers: Part II Deriving instrument‐specific correction equations for meta‐analyses using published data

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) has emerged as a valuable method for investigating the feeding ecology of vertebrates. Over the past decade, three‐dimensional topographic data from microscopic regions of tooth surfaces have been collected, and surface texture parameters have been published for both extant and fossil species.
Mugino O. Kubo, T. Kubo, Ellen Schulz‐Kornas, T. M. Kaiser, Daniela E. Winkler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spectroscopic Discrimination of Sorghum Silica Phytoliths

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019
Grasses accumulate silicon in the form of silicic acid, which is precipitated as amorphous silica in microscopic particles termed phytoliths. These particles comprise a variety of morphologies according to the cell type in which the silica was deposited.
Victor M. R. Zancajo, Victor M. R. Zancajo, Victor M. R. Zancajo, Sabrina Diehn, Nurit Filiba, Gil Goobes, Janina Kneipp, Janina Kneipp, Janina Kneipp, Rivka Elbaum   +9 more
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Inter‐microscope comparability of dental microwear texture data obtained from different optical profilometers: Part I Reproducibility of diet inference using different instruments

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) has become a well‐established method for dietary inference and reconstruction in both extant and extinct mammals and other tetrapods. As the volume of available data continues to grow, researchers could benefit from combining published data from various studies to perform meta‐analyses.
Daniela E. Winkler, Mugino O. Kubo
wiley   +1 more source

Marine silicon for biomedical sustainability

BMEMat, EarlyView.
Schematic illustrating marine silicon for biomedical engineering. Abstract Despite momentous divergence from oceanic origin, human beings and marine organisms exhibit elemental homology through silicon utilization. Notably, silicon serves as a critical constituent in multiple biomedical processes.
Yahui Han, Zhibo Yang, Wei Xia, Chengtie Wu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Examination of Six “Nutting Stones” from East Texas for Plant Phytoliths [PDF]

, 2015
In this article we report on an examination of six nutting stones from East Texas sites as well as an exploratory examination of their possible functions.
Bozarth, Steven, Guderjan, Thomas H., Walters, Mark   +2 more
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The role of mineral phases in the biogas production technology [PDF]

, 2018
In the field of electric power industry, renewable energy sources, fertilisers, reclamation, and waste management, biomass is widely studied and used.
Geršl, Milan, Kanduč, Tjaša, Mareček, Jan, Matýsek, Dalibor, Šotnar, Martin   +4 more
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