Title
Plant Response to Boron Deficiency and Boron Use Efficiency in Crop Plants
Date Issued
27 March 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
book part
Author(s)
Camacho-Cristóbal J.
Navarro-Gochicoa M.
González-Fontes A.
Herrera-Rodríguez M.
Pablo de Olavide University
Publisher(s)
Elsevier
Abstract
Boron (B) is an essential nutrient for vascular plants with a key role in the stabilization of the primary cell wall through the formation of borate esters with apiose residues of rhamnogalacturonan II. B limited availability in soil and irrigation water affects the yield and quality of crops, which produced significant economic losses. This fact highlights the importance of understanding not only the role of B in plants, but also the physiological and molecular responses and tolerance mechanisms to B deficiency. In recent years, several studies have contributed greatly to the knowledge of these subjects. This will allow the development of crop plants that more efficiently use B and, therefore, are more tolerant to B deficiency. In this chapter, all these aspects related to B are addressed in a comprehensive manner.
Start page
109
End page
121
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Agronomía
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85054405576
Resource of which it is part
Plant Micronutrient Use Efficiency: Molecular and Genomic Perspectives in Crop Plants
ISBN of the container
9780128122433
Sources of information: Directorio de Producción Científica Scopus