Boron in Soils and Plants: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Boron in Soils and Plants held at Chiang Mai, Thailand, 7–11 September, 1997

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
The problem of boron deficiency in crop production in Bangladesh....Pages 1-5
Effects of boron, potassium, sulfur, magnesium application on rapeseed and mulberry yield and quality....Pages 7-9
A foliar boron nutrition and insecticide program for soybean....Pages 11-15
Soil Boron Content and the Effects of Boron Application on Yields of Maize, Soybean, Rice and Sugarbeet in Heilongjiang Province, P R China....Pages 17-21
Sunflower response to boron as affected by liming....Pages 23-27
Covering plants at night in the winter increased seed yield of transplanted oilseed rape ( Brassica napus L. cv. Zheyouyou 2) on a low boron soil....Pages 29-34
Effects of boron and iron on yield and yield components of wheat....Pages 35-37
Flue gas desulfurization residue: a boron source for alfalfa production....Pages 39-42
Long-term field experiment on the application of slow-release boron fertilizer Part 1 Effect of boron on crop growth....Pages 43-48
Long-term field experiment on the application of slow-release boron fertilizer Part 2 Behavior of boron in the soil....Pages 49-56
The influence of boron fertilizer on distribution of extractable boron in soil profiles in rape-rice rotations in southeast China....Pages 57-61
Boron analysis at different stages of the cell cycle in cultured tobacco cells....Pages 63-67
Analysis by Prompt Gamma-Ray Method with Cold Neutrons of Boron and Other Elements in Soybean....Pages 69-72
Total boron determination in silicate material with azomethine-H, after extraction with boron specific resin....Pages 73-75
An improved procedure for the extraction of plant available soil boron....Pages 77-81
Boron nutrition of radiata pine plantations in Australia....Pages 83-88
Diagnosis and prognosis of boron deficiency in black gram ( Vigna mungo L. Hepper) in the field by using plant analysis....Pages 89-93
Diagnosis and alleviation of boron deficiency causing flower and pod abortion in chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.) in Nepal....Pages 95-99
Screening wheat for boron efficiency....Pages 101-104
Chromosomal variations for boron tolerance in wheat ( Triticum aestivum )....Pages 105-109
Genetic variation in the tolerance of durum wheat ( Triticum turgidum L. var durum ) to high concentrations of boron....Pages 111-115
Variation in boron-toxicity tolerance in a durum wheat core collection....Pages 117-120
Effects of foliar applications of boron on citrus fruit and on foliage and soil boron concentration....Pages 121-123
Boron and fruit quality of apple....Pages 125-129
Boron deficiency of avocado. 1. Effects on pollen viability and fruit set....Pages 131-133
Boron deficiency of avocado. 2. Effects on fruit size and ripening....Pages 135-137
Influence of boron spray on boron concentration, fruit set and calcium related disorders in apple ( Malus domestica ) cv. ‘Elstar’/M26....Pages 139-143
Boron toxicity in sunflower....Pages 145-149
Challenging the dogma of a narrow supply range between deficiency and toxicity of boron....Pages 151-155
Water supply influences boron uptake by transplanted oilseed rape ( Brassica napus cv. Eureka) grown in low boron soil....Pages 157-160
Effect of boron on the growth of mungbean seedlings under aluminium stress....Pages 161-164
The effect of boron on growth and development in strawberry ( Fragaria ananassa Duch.) shoot culture....Pages 165-169
Composition of root exudates and root bleeding sap of a boron-efficient and inefficient oilseed rape genotype....Pages 171-174
Role of boron in the plasmalemma turbo reductase activity....Pages 175-177
Growth of lateral buds versus changes of endogenous indoleacetic acid and zeatin/zeatin riboside content in pea plants grown under boron deficiency....Pages 179-182
Effect of pH and boron concentration in the nutrient solution on translocation of boron in the xylem of sunflower....Pages 183-186
Boron and calcium distribution in B and Ca deficient pea plants....Pages 187-190
Comparative study of foliar uptake and translocation of boron ( 10 B) supplied as four different products in radish plants....Pages 191-195
Absorption and distribution of boron in Arabidopsis thaliana ....Pages 197-201
Compartmentation of boron in roots and its translocation to the shoot of sunflower as affected by short term changes in boron supply....Pages 203-207
Absorption, movement and distribution of boron applied to peach ( Prunus persica L. Batsch) fruits....Pages 209-212
The effect of boron deficiency on development in determinate nodules: changes in cell wall pectin contents and nodule polypeptide expression....Pages 213-220
Early effects of boron deficiency on physical cell wall parameters, hydraulic conductivity and plasmalemma-bound reductase activities in young C. pepo and V. faba roots....Pages 221-227
A fluorescein boronic acid conjugate as a marker for borate binding sites in the apoplast of growing roots of Zea mays L. and Helianthus annuus L.....Pages 229-235
 In vitro reconstitution of the boron-polysaccharide complex purified from cultured tobacco BY-2 cells....Pages 237-241
Immunocytochemistry of the borate-rhamnogalacturonan II complex in cell walls of radish roots....Pages 243-249
Distribution of water soluble boron in soils of different agro-climatic regions of Karnataka state, India....Pages 251-254
Characterization of boron adsorption in soils of Tamil Nadu (S. India)....Pages 255-259
Relationship between water table depth, soil boron and sunflower genotypic response on a saline soil....Pages 261-264
Soil contamination with boron due to irrigation with treated municipal waste water....Pages 265-270