Claim · model-written summary
The silicon effect strengthened at tillering.
- Taxon
- wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Triticum aestivume1 - Organ / stage
- tillering stagee0
- Treatment
- Sie0
- Outcome
- Si effecte0
- Direction
- strongere0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“This Si effect was time-dependent and became stronger in the tillering stage.”
e1“of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plants under drought stress”
Title
Sara Tale Ahmad; Raheem Haddad Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 2011. doi:10.17221/92/2010-cjgpb
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Silicon under drought raised Pro and GB accumulation in wheat.
- Intervention effect Silicon under drought raised soluble protein content in wheat.
- Intervention effect Silicon significantly enhanced SOD activity relative to drought treatment.
- Intervention effect Silicon significantly enhanced CAT activity relative to drought treatment.
- Intervention effect Silicon significantly enhanced APX activity relative to drought treatment.
- Intervention effect Silicon significantly enhanced POD activity relative to drought treatment.
- Intervention effect Drought decreased wheat RWC.
- Intervention effect Drought decreased wheat chlorophyll.
- Intervention effect Drought decreased wheat soluble protein contents.
- Mechanism The authors interpret silicon as alleviating wheat water deficit by preventing oxidative membrane damage, potentially through osmotic adjustment.