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fyi this study is not pushing any products, its not comparing one to the other, just a really interesting study on the uptake of silicon and how it is distributed among various plants. It is cool that they find that rice has an active uptake process (as well as passive diffusion) that will allow the plant to utilize a lot more silicon compared to tomato plants that only use passive transportation methods of silicon.I just found this really good scientific article on various plants and their uptake of silica.
While it doesn't mention cannabis specifically, it is still a very good article with over 20 links to other silica related studies.
2005
Abstract of the study: The accumulation of silicon (Si) in the shoots varies considerably among plant species, but the mechanism responsible for this variation is poorly understood. The uptake system of Si was investigated in terms of the radial transport from the external solution to the root cortical cells and the release of Si from the cortical cells to the xylem in rice, cucumber, and tomato...
Uptake system of silicon in different plant species
Abstract. The accumulation of silicon (Si) in the shoots varies considerably among plant species, but the mechanism responsible for this variation is poorly undacademic.oup.com
There is one very exciting bit of note, (at least to me!) about how they have isolated this gene in rice and the ambitious prospect of being able to incorporate this into other plants! Real nerd stuff.
I'm trying to imagine what that could do for cannabis... there are of course pros and cons if scientists were able to do this (if not done yet, paper is 2005).Silicon is abundant in soil. However, most plants, especially dicots, are unable to accumulate a large amount of Si in the shoot from the soil. Therefore, they do not benefit from Si. Recently, a gene controlling the xylem loading of Si has been mapped to chromosome 2 of rice (Ma et al., 2004). Cloning of this gene from rice may be useful in genetically modifying the Si uptake ability of other plant species, thereby enhancing the resistance of plants to multiple stresses. (from study link above)