Figure 1.

(A) Yield characteristics of control (Ctrl) and silicon (Si)‐treated rice plants. (B) Si treatment induces early flowering. (C) Impact of Si feeding on the plant chlorophyll (Chl) content. (D) Leaf gas exchange and chlorophyll a fluorescence measurements reveal a positive effect of Si on the photosynthetic abilities of treated plants. Data are means ± standard error (SE) of at least three independent biological repetitions. Asterisks indicate statistically significant differences compared with non‐treated controls (n ≥ 24, t‐test, α = 0.05).