Boron in Soils and Plants Proceedings of the International Symposium
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,
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Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences VOLUME 76
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
Boron in Soils and Plants Proceedings of the International Symposium on Boron in Soils and Plants held at Chiang Mai, Thailand, 7-11 September, 1997
Edited by
R. W. BELL School of Environmental Science, Division ofSciences, Murdoch University, WA 6150, Australia and
B.RERKASEM Multiple Cropping Centre, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai , Thailand 50200
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
ISBN 978-94-010-6344-9 ISBN 978-94-011-5564-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-5564-9
Printed an acid-free paper
Ali rights reserved ©1997 Springer Science+Eusiness Media Dordrecht Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 1997 Softcover reprint ofthe hardcover Ist edition 1997 No part ofthe material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic Of mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner.
List of referees R. L. Aitken R. N. Noppako onwong R. W. Bell Z. Rengel D. G. Blevins B. Rerkase m I.Cakm ak R. N. Sah D. G. Edwards B. J. Shelp H. Goldbac h V. M. Shorrocks S. Goldber g M. Thellier
u. C. Gupta D. Turner E. J. Hanson 1. R. Willet
L. B. Huang J. W. C. Wong
S. Jamjod J. R. Woodruff T. Matoh
X. Yang J. McGrath B. A. Zarcinas
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List of sponsors Principal sponsor Borax International
Major sponsors The Australia International Development Assistance Bureau (AusAID) Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) XIII th International Plant Nutrition Colloquium Thai Soils and Fertiliser Society
Symposium organisers Chiang Mai University Murdoch University Thai Soils and Fertiliser Society
Executive Committee for Boron in Soils and Plants Richard Bell Patrick Brown Bernie Dell Robin Graham Longbin Huang Irb Kheoruenromne Jack Loneragan Toru Matoh Benjavan Rerkasem Victor M. Shorrocks
International Advisory Group Pax Blarney, University of Queensland, Australia Mitsuo Chino, Tokyo University, Japan the late H. Marschner, Hohenheim University, Germany Ankasith Pongsakul, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Thailand A. D. Robson, University of Western Australia, Australia K. Shivashankar, University of Agricultural Science, Bangalore, India Sompong Thirawong, President, Soils and Fertiliser Society of Thailand Ross Welch, Cornell University, PR China I. R. Willett, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Australia Yuai Yang, Zhejiang Agricultural University, PR China Fusuo Zhang, China Agricultural University, PR China
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Preface
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
