LEADER 02714nam 2200433z- 450 001 9910220054903321 005 20210211 035 $a(CKB)3800000000216229 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/56358 035 $a(oapen)doab56358 035 $a(EXLCZ)993800000000216229 100 $a20202102d2017 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aPlant Silicon Interactions between Organisms and the Implications for Ecosystems 210 $cFrontiers Media SA$d2017 215 $a1 online resource (84 p.) 225 1 $aFrontiers Research Topics 311 08$a2-88945-102-X 330 $aIn this Frontiers topic, we explore how the functions and fates of plant silicon interact with other organisms and ecosystem processes. By bringing together new data from multiple disciplines and scales, we present a cross-section of novel explorations into how plants use silicon and the implications for agriculture and ecosystems. Key aims in this field are to understand the determinants of plant silicon uptake and cycling, and the benefits that silicon uptake confers on plants, including reducing the impacts of stresses such as herbivory. Current research explores inter-specific interactions, including co-evolutionary relationships between plant silicon and animals, particularly morphological adaptations, behavioural responses and the potential for plant silicon to regulate mammal populations. Another emerging area of research is understanding silicon fluxes in soils and vegetation communities and scaling this up to better understand the global silicon cycle. New methods for measuring plant silicon are contributing to progress in this field. Silicon could help plants mitigate some effects of climate change through alleviation of biotic and abiotic stress and silicon is a component of some carbon sinks. Therefore, understanding the role of plant silicon across ecological, agricultural and biogeochemical disciplines is increasingly important in the context of global environmental change. 606 $aBotany & plant sciences$2bicssc 610 $aHerbivory 610 $ainduced defence 610 $aPhytoliths 610 $aPlant silicon 610 $aPoaceae 610 $arice 610 $aSilicon accumulation 610 $asugarcane 615 7$aBotany & plant sciences 700 $aJane L. DeGabriel$4auth$01286186 702 $aJulia Cooke$4auth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910220054903321 996 $aPlant Silicon Interactions between Organisms and the Implications for Ecosystems$93019752 997 $aUNINA