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- Title
Productivity limiting impacts of boron deficiency, a review.
- Authors
Rerkasem, Benjavan; Jamjod, Sansanee; Pusadee, Tonapha
- Abstract
Background: In the almost century since the establishment of boron (B) as an essential plant nutrient, its roles in plant growth and development have been identified, and the mechanism for B transportation explained. Scope: This review relates the yield response of crops, measured as B efficiency i.e. productivity when B is limiting relative to when it is not, to the B supply logistics and requirement of different tissues and organs. Conclusions: Yield is depressed by B deficiency in graminaceous cereals primarily by impaired development and function of the stamen and pistil, but in dicots the adverse effects are expressed as structural damage to various organs. Boron-efficient cereal genotypes are readily identifiable by their successful grain set under limited B, while the quantitative trait loci associated with B efficiency provide a useful selection tool for dicots. The relevance to breeding for B efficiency of the numerous BOR1 and NIP genes controlling active B transport identified in many crops will depend on how close their up-regulation in a deficiency is associated with B efficiency. Understanding of the yield impact of B deficiency is useful in dealing with crop choice and the management of germplasm and B fertilizer.
- Subjects
CROP management; BORON; CROP yields; PLANT growth; PLANT nutrients
- Publication
Plant & Soil, 2020, Vol 455, Issue 1/2, p23
- ISSN
0032-079X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11104-020-04676-0