Claim · model-written summary
Adding silicon raised nutrient solution pH to at least 10.0.
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Verbatim
e0“Addition of Si to the basal nutrient solution increased the pH ≥ 10.0”
t0“growth of sorghum seedlings was significantly decreased”
Title
Mechanism of silicon induced alleviation of aluminum phytotoxicity
Y. C. Li; M. E. Sumner; W. P. Miller; et al. Journal of Plant Nutrition 1996. doi:10.1080/01904169609365181
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Aluminum reduced sorghum seedling growth relative to zero aluminum.
- Intervention effect Increasing silicon significantly improved root growth under aluminum only with silicon added first and without lowering pH.
- Mechanism Raised pH facilitated aluminum precipitation and reduced its toxicity.
- Intervention effect When solution pH was lowered to 4.0 before aluminum addition, silicon least influenced aluminum toxicity.
- Mechanism Authors attribute silicon alleviation of aluminum toxicity to pH effects.