Experimental Setup Our study was conducted in a greenhouse in Ames, Iowa (42°01'42.7"N 93°38'40.9"W) between May 2018 and October 2019. We used four accessions (LA3123, LA1237, LA2655, LA2983) of S. p
Temperate grasslands exhibit strong spatial and temporal variation in water regimes. Thus, grassland plants experience potentially stressful water regimes, which may influence their tissue silicon (Si
AbstractTrade-offs are central to many topics in biology, from the evolution of life histories to ecological mechanisms of species coexistence. Trade-offs observed among species may reflect pervasive
n = 6±SE. Asterisks indicate statistically significant differences (PAbbreviations: PP:SP, palisade-to-spongy parenchyma ratio; SPIgcl, stomatal pore index based on guard cell length; gwmax, maximal t
