Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Plants - Serendipitous Silicon
July 07, 2022
July 07, 2022
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are closer to unlocking the secrets to better soil carbon sequestration by studying the tiny, sand-like silicon deposits called phytoliths in plants.
Silicon makes plants rigid and helps protect them from stressors like drought. The phytoliths resulting from silicon accumulation also trap carbon in a . . .
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are closer to unlocking the secrets to better soil carbon sequestration by studying the tiny, sand-like silicon deposits called phytoliths in plants.
Silicon makes plants rigid and helps protect them from stressors like drought. The phytoliths resulting from silicon accumulation also trap carbon in a . . .