Transmission electron micrographs of chloroplasts from leaves of rice.

Abstract

<p>Scale bars  = 1 µm. CW, cell wall; SG, starch grain. <b>A</b>: Chloroplast of a control plant grown without silicon fertilizer at the anthesis stage; <b>B</b>: Chloroplast of a silicon treated plant grown with slag (H) applied at a rate of 935 mg plant-available Si per kg soil at the anthesis stage.</p