SILICON IN PLANT GROWTH
- 1 August 1945
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Soil Science
- Vol. 60 (2) , 133-136
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00010694-194508000-00006
Abstract
Convincing evidence is reviewed showing that silicon is essential for the growth of at least several plants. Spraying foliage with solns. of K2SiO3 did not alleviate deficiency symptoms.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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