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Variation in responses to boron in rice
Boron (B) deficiency depresses grain set and grain yield of wheat and maize while having little effect on their vegetative growth. This paper describes effects of B deficiency in rice and how these vary with p...
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Contrasting responses to boron deficiency in barley and wheat
To determine if boron (B) deficiency, commonly reported to depress grain set in wheat, has the same effect in barley, a set of experiments compared five wheat and seven barley genotypes at various B levels in ...
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Boron deficiency induced male sterility in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and implications for plant breeding
Boron (B) deficiency causes grain set in wheat to fail. A wide range of genotypic variation in the response to low B has been observed. Genotypes were screened in low B in soil and sand culture, and classified...
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Combining ability of the response to boron deficiency in wheat
Seven wheat lines (adapted to Thailand originated in Mexico) and their Fl hybrids from a diallel cross were grown in sand culture from November 1990 to February 1991. Plants were watered twice daily with a com...