Table 1. Si concentration in pods of soilless green bean subjected or non-subjected to Si-enriched nutrient solution (‘Biofortified’ and ‘Unbiofortified’, respectively), at different dates during the harvesting period.

		Si concentration in the pods (mg Si ∙ kg−1 DW)
Si Biofortification	Unbiofortified	853.8
	Biofortified	2496.3
Date of harvest	36 DAT	1775.5
	41 DAT	1595.1
	56 DAT	1654.5
Significance1
Si Biofortification		***
Date of harvest		ns
Si Biofortification * Date of harvest		ns

¹Mean separation within columns by LSD_0.05. ns and ***non significant or significant at P ≤ 0.001, respectively.