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Boron Functions in Plants and Animals: Recent Advances in Boron Research and Open Questions

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Boron deficiency is a widespread problem for field crop production where large losses of yield occur annually both quantitatively (e.g. in southeast China over 40% yield reductions may occur in oilseed rape: Wei et al. 1998), as well as qualitatively (Stephenson and Gallagher 1987; Ram et al. 1989; Bell et al. 1990; Nyomora et al. 1997). Significant losses of yield or quality resulting from boron deficiency may occur as well in vegetable crops (e.g. Kotur 1991). Even eucalyptus trees in large areas of southern China (Dell and Malajczuk 1994), and pine trees in southeast Australia (Hopmans and Flinn 1984) may be severely affected by boron deficiency in both growth and quality.

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Goldbach, H.E., Huang, L., Wimmer, M.A. (2007). Boron Functions in Plants and Animals: Recent Advances in Boron Research and Open Questions. In: XU, F., et al. Advances in Plant and Animal Boron Nutrition. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5382-5_1

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