%0 Journal Article
%T A novel method to characterize silica bodies in grasses
%A Changbin Chen
%A Clemon Dabney
%A III
%A Eric Watkins
%A Jason Ostergaard
%J Archive of "Plant Methods".
%D 2016
%R 10.1186/s13007-016-0108-8
%X The deposition of silicon into epidermal cells of grass species is thought to be an important mechanism that plants use as a defense against pests and environmental stresses. There are a number of techniques available to study the size, density and distribution pattern of silica bodies in grass leaves. However, none of those techniques can provide a high-throughput analysis, especially for a great number of samples
%K Silica body
%K Fluorescence microscopy
%K Dry ash-imaging
%K Photoshop
%K Koeleria macrantha
%K Junegrass
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4722627/