Boron in Plant and Animal Nutrition

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Methods in Boron Research

   1. Specific Methods for Boron Studies in Plants

      • Michel Thellier, Arlette Chevallier, Isabelle His, Michael Jarvis, Mark A. Lovell, Françoise Martini et al.

      Pages 1-10

   2. Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy Methodology for Boron Localisation in Plant Cell Walls

      • Isabelle His, Iain M. R. Mackinnon, Mazz Marry, I. Max Huxham, Michael C. Jarvis

      Pages 11-19

3. Boron in Animals and Humans

   1. Boron-Binding-Biomolecules: a Key to Understanding the Beneficial Physiologic Effects of Dietary Boron from Prokaryotes to Humans

      • Curtiss D. Hunt

      Pages 21-36

   2. The Nutritional Importance and Pharmacological Potential of Boron for Higher Animals and Human

      • Forrest H. Nielsen

      Pages 37-49

   3. Databases Available to Health Professionals for Boron Intake Determinations

      • Susan L. Meacham, Lesley J. Johnson, Laura J. Kruskall

      Pages 51-57

   4. How Boron is Being Used in Medical Practice

      • Rex E. Newnham

      Pages 59-62

4. Boron in Plants: Requirements and Function

   1. Boron Requirements of Plants

      • R. W. Bell, B. Dell, L. Huang

      Pages 63-85

   2. Uptake and Transport of Boron

      • Patrick H. Brown, Nacer Bellaloui, Ram N. Sah, Elias Bassil, Hening Hu

      Pages 87-101

   3. Boron in Plant Reproduction

      • B. Dell, L. Huang, R. W. Bell

      Pages 103-117

   4. Characterization of Boron Uptake in Higher Plants

      • Brigitte Gassert, Elke Sprich, Heidrun Pfeffer, Frank Dannel, Nikolaus v. Wirén, Volker Römheld

      Pages 119-126

   5. Boron Uptake and Retranslocation in Cultivars of Brassica napus Differing in Boron Efficiency

      • Fangsen Xu, Yuhua Yang, Yunhua Wang, Lishu Wu

      Pages 127-135

   6. Seasonal Conditions Modify Pollen Viability Responses to B Deficiency in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Wilgoyne)

      • Longbin Huang, Bernard Dell, Richard W. Bell

      Pages 137-141

   7. Boron Function in Plant Cell Walls

      • Toru Matoh, Masaru Kobayashi

      Pages 143-155

   8. Stability of the Borate-ester Cross-link in Rhamnogalacturonan II at Low pH and Calcium Activity in muro and in vivo

      • Rudolf Ehwald, Axel Fleischer, Heidemarie Schneider, Malcolm O’Neill

      Pages 157-166

   9. Rapid Responses of Plants to Boron Deprivation

      • Heiner E. Goldbach, Monika A. Wimmer, François Chaumont, Toru Matoh, Dieter Volkmann, František Baluška et al.

      Pages 167-180

   10. The Effect of Boron on Pollen Development in Two Wheat Cultivars (Triticum aestivum L., cv. ‘Fang 60’ and ‘SW 41’)

       • Duangjai Nachiangmai, Bernie Dell, Longbin Huang, Richard W. Bell, Benjavan Rerkasem

       Pages 181-185

   11. Low Boron Supply Depresses Seed Viability in Canola (Brassica napus L.) and Lupin (Lupinus angustifolius)

       • R. W. Bell, K. Frost

       Pages 187-195

   12. Effect of Boron on the Metabolism of Carbohydrates

       • Min Yu, Yu-Hua Yang, Chang-Wen Du, Li-Shu Wu, Mei-Mei Pi, Wu-Ding Liu et al.

       Pages 197-203

   13. Effects of Silicon on the Availability of Boron:

       • Heike Rogalla, Volker Römheld

       Pages 205-211

The Boron '97 meeting was a great success in summarising all recent developments in basic and applied research on boron's function, especially in plants. New techniques have since been developed and new insight has been gained into the role of boron in plant and animal metabolism. Nevertheless, there were still lots of open questions. The aim of the present workshop held in Bonn as a satellite meeting to the International Plant Nutrition Colloquium was thus to gather all actual information which has been gained since the Boron '97 meeting and to compile knowledge, both from animal and plant sciences. Furthermore, applied aspects had to be addressed too, as there is an increasing awareness of boron deficiencies even in crops such as wheat, which have formerly not been considered as responsive to boron application. Genetic differences in boron demand and efficiency within one species are a further important topic which has gained importance since the 1997 meeting. More in-depth knowledge on the mechanisms of boron efficiency are required as an increased efficiency will be one major possibility to maintain and improve crop yields for resource-poor farmers. Nevertheless, it has also clearly been shown that an adequate supply of boron is needed to obtain high yields of crops with a high quality, and that a sustainable agriculture has to provide an adequate boron supply to compensate for inevitable losses through leaching (especially in the humid tropics and temperate regions) and for the boron removal by the crop.

• Calcium
• Fertilizer
• Liana
• Transport
• metabolism
• soil
• toxicity

• University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

  Heiner E. Goldbach, Monika A. Wimmer

• University of California, Davis, USA

  Patrick H. Brown, Monika A. Wimmer

• Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

  Benjavan Rerkasem

• University of Rouen, Rouen, France

  Michel Thellier

• Murdoch University, Perth, Australia

  Richard W. Bell

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