Dynamic Modeling of Silicon Bioavailability, Uptake, Transport, and Accumulation: Applicability in Improving the Nutritional Quality of Tomato

Dynamic Modeling of Silicon Bioavailability, Uptake, Transport, and Accumulation: Applicability in Improving the Nutritional Quality of Tomato

Silicon is an essential nutrient for humans, additionally is beneficial for terrestrial plants. In plants Si enhances tolerance to different types of stress; in humans, it improves the metabolism and increases the strength of skeletal and connective tissues as well as of the immune system. Most of t...

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Main Authors: Mari C. López-Pérez, Fabián Pérez-Labrada, Lino J. Ramírez-Pérez, Antonio Juárez-Maldonado, América B. Morales-Díaz, Susana González-Morales, Luis R. García-Dávila, Jesús García-Mata, Adalberto Benavides-Mendoza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
silicates
nutritional quality
stress tolerance
mathematical models
silicon and health
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.00647/full

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