Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Lower silicon doses enhanced calcium and potassium contents.

A claim from Influence of Silicon on Growth, Relative Water Contents and Uptake of Silicon, Calcium and Potassium in Wheat Grown in Nutrient Solution · 2008

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Lower silicon doses enhanced calcium and potassium contents.

Treatment
silicon (25–200 ppm)e0
Outcome
calcium, and potassium contentse0
Direction
enhancemente0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
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Verbatim

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“Lower administrations of silicon (25–200 ppm) resulted in an enhancement in relative yield, relative water contents, calcium, and potassium contents.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 205–354
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“Wheat”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 104–109

Title

Influence of Silicon on Growth, Relative Water Contents and Uptake of Silicon, Calcium and Potassium in Wheat Grown in Nutrient Solution

Manju Mali; N. C. Aery Journal of Plant Nutrition 2008. doi:10.1080/01904160802402666

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silicon atom · nutrient: content · Triticum aestivum (wheat)Positive and negative results

61 papers: 58 positive, 3 negative or no effect

57 papers in the same direction as this claim · 3 in the opposite direction

  1. no effect
    Calcium content did not significantly differ between silicon treatments.

    Wheat Resistance to Spot Blotch Potentiated by Silicon · 2009

    Opposite direction

  2. no effect
    Plant tissue boron accumulation in wheat was not reduced by silicon application.

    Effect of silicon on the alleviation of boron toxicity in wheat growth, boron accumulation, photosynthesis activities, and oxidative responses · 2017

    Opposite direction

  3. negative
    Root Al accumulation was higher with 100 μmol L-1 Al plus 2000 μmol L-1 Si than with 100 μmol L-1 Al alone.

    INTERACTION BETWEEN SILICON AND ALUMINUM IN TRITICUM AESTIVUM L. (CV. CELTIC) · 1997 · compared with 100 μmol L −1 treatment

    Opposite direction

  4. positive
    Si decreased Cd concentrations in the apoplastic fluid of wheat roots after short-term Cd stress.

    Silicon decreases cadmium concentrations by modulating root endodermal suberin development in wheat plants · 2018

    Same direction

  5. positive
    The silicon effect strengthened at tillering.

    Study of silicon effects on antioxidant enzyme activities and osmotic adjustment of wheat under drought stress · 2011

    Same direction

  6. positive
    Silicon at 150 mg/kg decreased plant-available soil Cd.

    Suppression of cadmium concentration in wheat grains by silicon is related to its application rate and cadmium accumulating abilities of cultivars · 2014

    Same direction

  7. positive
    Increasing Si concentration from 0.5% to 1.5% significantly increased silicon uptake of wheat.

    Improvement of wheat (Triticum aestivum) drought tolerance by seed priming with silicon · 2015 · compared with 0.5%

    Same direction

  8. positive
    Si effects were greatest with SA.

    Alleviation of field water stress in wheat cultivars by using silicon and salicylic acid applied separately or in combination · 2019 · compared with with SA

    Same direction

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