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Boron deficiency is known to impair reproductive development of plants (Dell and Huang, 1997), but the harmful effects of low B are manifest at different reproductive stages. Differences in the stage of reproductive development that is most impaired by B deficiency can be attributed to the time when B supply in the soil becomes limiting, the phloem mobility of B in the plant, and the demand for B in the reproductive organs both in absolute terms and relative to other plant parts.
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Bell, R.W., Frost, K. (2002). Low Boron Supply Depresses Seed Viability in Canola (Brassica napus L.) and Lupin (Lupinus angustifolius). In: Goldbach, H.E., Brown, P.H., Rerkasem, B., Thellier, M., Wimmer, M.A., Bell, R.W. (eds) Boron in Plant and Animal Nutrition. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0607-2_17
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