Does anyone have an easy method to measure silicon content in plants?

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Bernardo Duarte

Just dry the samples and extract them with NaCO3 at 80C and read the silicon content using a spectrophotometric method like the well-known for Si analysis in water samples

Pietro Santamaria

Use ASTM Method D859-00 (Annual Book of ASTM Standards, 2000).

Muhammad Akram

agree with Bernardo Duarte