Phytolith Production and Morphotypes in Modern Plants on the Tibetan Plateau

Tibetan Plateau is the “third pole” of Earth and significantly influences the world’s ecosystems. However, limited work on phytolith analysis has been done due to its harsh environment, and no study on phytolith production and morphotypes in modern plants on the Tibetan Plateau has been carried out...

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Autores principales: Ge, Yong, Jin, Yingshuai, Zhang, Xiaoling
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Plant Science
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9310031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35898215
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.950322
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description Tibetan Plateau is the “third pole” of Earth and significantly influences the world’s ecosystems. However, limited work on phytolith analysis has been done due to its harsh environment, and no study on phytolith production and morphotypes in modern plants on the Tibetan Plateau has been carried out yet. In this study, we investigated 73 modern plant samples collected on the Tibetan Plateau to study phytolith production and morphology. The results showed that the major phytolith producers are Poaceae and Cyperaceae plants, the production of phytolith is higher than 0.4 million grains/g in most samples. We found one new morphotype, BILOBATE SADDLE, which could be the diagnostic type for Tribe Stipeae and phytoliths morphotypes might indicate different hydrological conditions on the Tibetan Plateau. Our findings add new information about phytoliths on the Tibetan Plateau and will aid the future phytolith analysis in this region.
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spelling pubmed-93100312022-07-26 Phytolith Production and Morphotypes in Modern Plants on the Tibetan Plateau Ge, Yong Jin, Yingshuai Zhang, Xiaoling Front Plant Sci Plant Science Tibetan Plateau is the “third pole” of Earth and significantly influences the world’s ecosystems. However, limited work on phytolith analysis has been done due to its harsh environment, and no study on phytolith production and morphotypes in modern plants on the Tibetan Plateau has been carried out yet. In this study, we investigated 73 modern plant samples collected on the Tibetan Plateau to study phytolith production and morphology. The results showed that the major phytolith producers are Poaceae and Cyperaceae plants, the production of phytolith is higher than 0.4 million grains/g in most samples. We found one new morphotype, BILOBATE SADDLE, which could be the diagnostic type for Tribe Stipeae and phytoliths morphotypes might indicate different hydrological conditions on the Tibetan Plateau. Our findings add new information about phytoliths on the Tibetan Plateau and will aid the future phytolith analysis in this region. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9310031/ /pubmed/35898215 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.950322 Text en Copyright © 2022 Ge, Jin and Zhang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Ge, Yong
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Phytolith Production and Morphotypes in Modern Plants on the Tibetan Plateau
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title_short Phytolith Production and Morphotypes in Modern Plants on the Tibetan Plateau
title_sort phytolith production and morphotypes in modern plants on the tibetan plateau
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9310031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35898215
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.950322
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