Boron in Plant and Animal Nutrition

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Specific Methods for Boron Studies in Plants....Pages 1-10
Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy Methodology for Boron Localisation in Plant Cell Walls....Pages 11-19
Boron-Binding-Biomolecules: a Key to Understanding the Beneficial Physiologic Effects of Dietary Boron from Prokaryotes to Humans....Pages 21-36
The Nutritional Importance and Pharmacological Potential of Boron for Higher Animals and Human....Pages 37-49
Databases Available to Health Professionals for Boron Intake Determinations....Pages 51-57
How Boron is Being Used in Medical Practice....Pages 59-62
Boron Requirements of Plants....Pages 63-85
Uptake and Transport of Boron....Pages 87-101
Boron in Plant Reproduction....Pages 103-117
Characterization of Boron Uptake in Higher Plants....Pages 119-126
Boron Uptake and Retranslocation in Cultivars of Brassica napus Differing in Boron Efficiency....Pages 127-135
Seasonal Conditions Modify Pollen Viability Responses to B Deficiency in Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L. cv. Wilgoyne)....Pages 137-141
Boron Function in Plant Cell Walls....Pages 143-155
Stability of the Borate-ester Cross-link in Rhamnogalacturonan II at Low pH and Calcium Activity in muro and in vivo ....Pages 157-166
Rapid Responses of Plants to Boron Deprivation....Pages 167-180
The Effect of Boron on Pollen Development in Two Wheat Cultivars ( Triticum aestivum L., cv. ‘Fang 60’ and ‘SW 41’)....Pages 181-185
Low Boron Supply Depresses Seed Viability in Canola ( Brassica napus L.) and Lupin ( Lupinus angustifolius )....Pages 187-195
Effect of Boron on the Metabolism of Carbohydrates....Pages 197-203
Effects of Silicon on the Availability of Boron:....Pages 205-211
High Light Intensity Increases External Boron (B) Requirements for Leaf Growth of Sunflower ( Helianthus annuus L. cv. Hysun 25) in B-buffered Solution Culture....Pages 213-225
Boron Toxicity in Plants and Animals....Pages 227-240
Boron Toxicity: the Importance of Soluble Boron....Pages 241-253
Interaction of Boron and Calcium in the Rhizobium -Legume N 2 -Fixing Symbiosis....Pages 255-260
Essentiality of Boron for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Legumes and Actinorhizal Plants....Pages 261-267
Boron Nutrition of Crops and Genotypic Variation in Boron Efficiency....Pages 269-280
 Arabidopsis thaliana Mutant bor1-1 is Defective in Boron Translocation....Pages 281-288
Effect of B on Cell Wall Regeneration from Protoplasts of B-efficient and B-inefficient Rape ( Brassica napus L.) Cultivars....Pages 289-298
Boron Efficiency in a Wheat Germplasm from Bangladesh....Pages 299-303
Genotypic Variation in Boron Uptake and Utilization by Rice and Wheat....Pages 305-310
Prognosis of Boron Deficiency in Oilseed Rape ( Brassica napus ) by Soil Analysis....Pages 311-317
Determining the Extractable Boron Fraction as a Diagnostic Criterion for the Assessment of the Plant’s Boron Status....Pages 319-325
Boron Spatial Variability and Evaluation of Soil Fertility....Pages 327-333
Calibration of 1 M HCl Extractable Soil Boron....Pages 335-338
Establishment and Management of Boron Deficiency in Field Crops in Pakistan....Pages 339-348
Boron Deficiency in Cotton Grown on Calcareous Soils of Pakistan....Pages 349-356
Boron Deficiency in Cotton Grown in Calcareous Soils of Pakistan....Pages 357-362
Boron Deficiency in Rainfed Alkaline Soils of Pakistan....Pages 363-370
Boron Deficiency in Rainfed Alkaline Soils of Pakistan....Pages 371-379
Reaction of Sugar Beet to Boron Fertiliser Application in Pot Experiments....Pages 381-385
Boron Content in Leaves and Coffee Yield from 1990 to 2000 in a Brazilian Coffee Plantation....Pages 387-389
Boron Content of Cultivated Soils in Central-Southern Anatolia and its Relationship with Soil Properties and Irrigation Water Quality....Pages 391-400
Yield and Yield attributes of Durum Wheat ( Triticum durum Desf.) as Affected by Boron Application....Pages 401-406
Back Matter....Pages 407-410