Advances in Plant and Animal Boron Nutrition Proceedings of the 3rd
Boron is one of the essential micronutrients for higher plants growth and development, and more and more studies have been conducted to establish boron as an essential element in animals and humans. This book reviews all aspects of boron research in recen
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Advances in Plant and Animal Boron Nutrition Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on all Aspects of Plant and Animal Boron Nutrition Edited by
FANGSEN XU Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
HEINER E. GOLDBACH University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
PATRICK H. BROWN University of California, Davis, California, U.S.A.
RICHARD W. BELL Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
TORU FUJIWARA The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
CURTISS D. HUNT USDA-ARS Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, Grand Forks, ND, U.S.A.
SABINE GOLDBERG USDA-ARS George E. Brown, Jr., Salinity Laboratory, California, U.S.A. and
LEI SHI Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com Cover illustration courtesy of Yunhua Wang, unpublished (the ‘disorders’ of ‘multi-apex’ in cotton, a typical boron deficiency symptom. In 1970s, the discovery of cotton and oilseed rape (Brassica napus) suffering from B deficiency initiated a new research area for plant B nutrition and B fertilization in China (See this book p.83-91).
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Sponsors of the 3rd International Symposium on all Aspects of Plant and Animal Boron Nutrition September 10~13, 2005 Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan, China
National Natural Science Foundation of China Ministry of Education, China U. S. Borax. Inc. Borochemie International Pte. Ltd College of Resources and Environment, China Agricultural University Key Laboratory of Subtropical Agricultural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, China Wuhan Qianfang Biochemistry Ltd Huazhong Agricultural University
International Scientific Committee Benjavan Rerkasem Curtiss Hunt Fusuo Zhang Fangsen Xu Heiner Goldbach Michel Thellier Patrick Brown Richard Bell Sabine Goldberg Toru Fujiwara Toru Matoh
Local Organizing Committee Chengxiao Hu Chongfa Cai Duanwei Zhu Fan Liu Fangsen Xu Mingjian Geng Jianwei Lu Lishu Wu Nengwen Song Qiling Tan Shi Lei Shuxin Tu Youliang Yuan Yunhua Wang Zheng Liu Zhuqing Zhao
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Contents
Preface
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Plenary Review Boron functions in plants and animals: recent advances in boron research and open questions Heiner E. Goldbach, Longbin Huang and Monika A. Wimmer
Part I
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Boron in Plants
Physiology and Metabolism of Boron in Plants Boron modul
