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DETECTION OF SILICA IN PLANTS
Author(s) -
Dayanandan P.,
Kaufman P. B.,
Franklin C. I.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1983.tb07909.x
Subject(s) - silanol , biology , crystal violet , crystal (programming language) , amorphous silica , materials science , botany , chemical engineering , biochemistry , computer science , microbiology and biotechnology , programming language , engineering , catalysis
Silica in plants can be stained by silver Chromate, methyl red, and a colorless crystal violet lactone which are adsorbed by the silanol groups resulting in red‐brown, red, and blue colors, respectively. Specialized silica cells in grasses can also be detected through polarization colors due to form birefringence. Silica in the bulliform and silica cells of rice leaves is amorphous and is made up of 1–2‐nm particles aggregating into 2.5 X 0.4‐ μ m rods with oblique ends.