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. 2016 Dec 30;11(12):e0168970. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168970

Table 1. Intra-plant fractionation Δ30Si (‰) in rice seedlings for each Si supply (mM) and 30ε between the bulked plant δ30Siplant (‰) and the source δ30Sisource (‰).

Δ30Si 30ε
δ30Siaboveground δ30Siroot Δ30Siaboveground-root δ30Siplant δ30Sisource δ30Sisolution 30εplant-source
‰ ± σD ‰ ± σD
8.50 mM -1.08 ± 0.04c 0.19 ± 0.06a -1.27 ± 0.10c -1.03 ± 0.09c 0.10 0.50 ± 0.04a -1.13 ± 0.09c
1.70 mM -0.78 ± 0.15b 0.15 ± 0.09ab -0.94 ± 0.24b -0.75 ± 0.07b 0.10 0.35 ± 0.02b -0.85 ± 0.07b
0.17 mM -0.31 ± 0.06a 0.03 ± 0.08b -0.34 ± 0.11a -0.30 ± 0.05a 0.10 -0.36 ± 0.02c -0.40 ± 0.05a
Average -0.72 ± 0.05 0.12 ± 0.02 -0.84 ± 0.07 -0.69 ± 0.07 0.10 0.16 ± 0.03 -0.79 ± 0.07

Data are expressed as means ± SD (n = 4). δ30Sisolution (‰) are expressed as the δ30Si values of nutrient solution after Si uptake by plants.