Boron: Possible Role in Plant Metabolism

Authors

• J.A. Rajaratnam
• J.B. Lowry
• P.N. Avadhani
• R.H.V. Corley

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1971

Abstract

Leaves of boron-deficient oil palm showed a total absence of the leucoanthocyanins usually present, well before onset of pathological symptoms. The association of boron with flavonoid synthesis is consistent with the otherwise anomalous situation that this element is essential for higher plants but not for animals or lower plants.

Keywords

Boron, plant metabolism

Publication Title

Science

ISSN

0036-8075

Recommended Citation

Rajaratnam, J.A.; Lowry, J.B.; Avadhani, P.N.; and Corley, R.H.V., "Boron: Possible Role in Plant Metabolism" (1971). Pre-2000. 333.
https://knova.um.edu.my/research_publications_pre2000/333

Divisions

Science,CHEMISTRY

Volume

172

Issue

3988

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science