Boron in Plants and Agriculture: Exploring the Physiology of Boron and Its Impact on Plant Growth highlights the various emerging techniques and applications that are currently being used in plant-boron interaction studies, and provides a direction towards implementation of programs and practices that will enable sustainable production of crops, resilient to boron stress.
Boron is an important micronutrient that plays a crucial role in the growth and development of plants, however despite a significant amount of recent research, there has remained a gap in the understanding of boron update and transportation. Boron deficiency is one of the most widespread deficiencies among plant micronutrients in agriculture and it causes a wide range of symptoms including the cessation of root elongation, reduced leaf expansion and the loss of fertility, depending on the plant species and developmental stage.
This book reviews and integrates the currently available information on the impact of boron on functional and adaptive features of plants from molecular, biochemical, physiological to whole plant level. It is a key resource for those working in stress physiology, stress proteins, genomics, proteomics, genetic engineering and other fields of plant physiology related to boron nutrition, including agriculture.
- Highlights various emerging techniques and applications that are currently being used in plant-boron interaction studies, along with future prospects
- Provides direction towards the implementation of programs and practices that will enable sustainable production of crops that are resilient to boron stress
- Introduces global leaders working in the area of plant-boron interactions and shares their research findings
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Elsevier Science & Techn.
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978-0-323-90858-0 (9780323908580)
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1. Essentiality of Boron in higher Plants2. Boron in fruit crops: plant physiology, deficiency, toxicity, and sources for fertilization3. Boron deficiency and toxicity symptoms in plants4. Molecular regulatory mechanisms in plants that underlie phenotypic adaptations to low boron levels5. From outside to inside: mechanisms modulating plant responses to Boron stress6. Physiological and biochemical mechanisms and adaptation strategies of plants under Boron deficiency conditions7. Role of physical and chemical agents in plants for tolerance to boron nutrition8. Impact of boron and its toxicity on photosynthetic capacity of plants9. Comprehensive analyses of gene expression and identification of metabolites for boron (B) stress tolerance10. Transcription factors and target genes involved in plant responses to high boron adaptation11. Alleviation of boron toxicity in plants by silicon; mechanisms and approaches12. Agronomic aspects of Boron: Fertilizers, agronomical strategy, and interaction with other nutrients13. Boron, Hormones and Secondary Metabolites in Plants: A Molecular Point of View14. An Overview on Boron and Pollen Germination, Tube Growth and development under In vitro and in vivo conditions15. Impact of Boron Nutrition on pollen Stigma interaction and Seed Quality
