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R. W. Bell
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School of Environmental Science, Division of Sciences, Murdoch University, Australia
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B. Rerkasem
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Multiple Cropping Centre, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Table of contents (50 papers)
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Boron Responses in Field Crops
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- Sultana Ahmed, M. B. Hossain
Pages 1-5
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- F. Chen, J. W. Lu, Y. F. Wan, D. B. Liu, Y. S. Xu
Pages 7-9
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- Gary J. Gascho, Robert M. McPherson
Pages 11-15
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- E. C. A. Souza, C. A. Rosolem, E. L. M. Coutinho
Pages 23-27
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- Zhengqian Ye, R. W. Bell, Longbin Huang, Yuai Yang, B. Dell
Pages 29-34
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Residual Effects of Boron Fertilizer Application
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- R. H. Dowdy, J. J. Sloan, G. W. Rehm, M. S. Dolan
Pages 39-42
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- Susumu Eguchi, Yoshio Yamada
Pages 43-48
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- Susumu Eguchi, Yoshio Yamada
Pages 49-56
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- K. Wang, J. M. Xu, Y. Z. Wei, Y. A. Yang, R. W. Bell
Pages 57-61
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Methods and Procedures of Boron Determination in Plants and Soils
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- H. Iikura, T. Kataoka, M. Tamada, T. M. Nakanishi, C. Yonezawa
Pages 63-67
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- T. M. Nakanishi, H. Iikura, T. Kataoka, M. Tamada, J. Furukawa, C. Yonezawa
Pages 69-72
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- Youzhang Wei, B. A. Zarcinas
Pages 77-81
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Diagnosis and Prognosis of Boron Deficientcy
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- Marcia J. Lambert, John Turner, Jim Knott
Pages 83-88
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- R. N. Noppakoonwong, B. Rerkasem, R. W. Bell, B. Dell, J. F. Loneragan
Pages 89-93
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- S. P. Srivastava, C. R. Yadav, T. J. Rego, C. Johansen, N. P. Saxena
Pages 95-99
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Boron X Genotypes Interactions
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- P. Anantawiroon, K. D. Subedi, B. Rerkasem
Pages 101-104
About this book
The economic significance of boron (B) in agriculture, horticulture, and forestry has been beyond dispute for several decades. Even in the last two decades, the areas where B deficiency limits plant production has grown with increased reports from China, south Asia and southeast Asia. The present volume is reflective of the growing awareness of the significance of low soil B with reports from Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, north, central and southern China, India, Nepal, and the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan contained herein. Boron deficiency also continues to be a problem for crop yield and quality in areas where B deficiency has been known for some time, for example in Germany and the USA. The problem of low soil B is not limited to effects on field crop yield, with papers reporting on depressed wood yield and quality in timber trees (Lambert et al. ), and depressed fruit quality (Dong et al. ; Smith et al. : Zude et al. ) also appearing in the present volume. Globally, Shorrocks (1997)1 estimates that ?? tonnes of B fertiliser is applied annually in agriculture. The economic benefits from the use of B fertiliser have not been quantified but are clearly enormous. Paradoxically, the clear economic imperatives for using B fertiliser on low B soils are not matched by a similar clarity of understanding of the role and functions of B in plants.
Reviews
`Considering its multi-author nature, this book is well laid out and illustrated. It will certainly be attractive to those interested in this fascinating element.'
Plant Growth Regulation, 26:1 (1998)
Editors and Affiliations
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School of Environmental Science, Division of Sciences, Murdoch University, Australia
R. W. Bell
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Multiple Cropping Centre, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
B. Rerkasem