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A field study was conducted to investigate the effect of seed B on early seedling growth in cool season plantings of black and green gram at Chiang Mai, Thailand. In December, low B seed of black gram [≤9mg B/kg dry matter (DM)] produced over 75% abnormal seedlings when sown into low B soil (−B), and 9–22% in B treated soil (+B); with increasing seed B to 14mg/kg DM, the % abnormal seedlings did not change at —B but at +B it decreased to <5%. In January, the same seed produced fewer abnormal seedlings in all treatments: low B seed in −B soil had >40% abnormal seedlings and 0–3% in +B soil: increasing B to 14 mg/kg seed DM in — B soil eliminated abnormal seedlings. In black gram, the lower levels of abnormal seedlings in each seed and soil treatment of the sowing in January compared with December were associated with higher temperatures during growth, suggesting that low temperatures may have inhibited B supply to the shoots.
Green gram seed sown in January behaved similarly to black gram seed sown at the same time: green gram seed with 5 to 9.5 mg B/kg DM produced 55 to 33% abnormal seedlings in −B soil: either increasing seed B to 15 mg B/kg DM or sowing seed in +B soil eliminated abnormal seedlings.
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Rerkasem, B., Bell, R.W., Loneragan, J.F. (1990). Effects of seed and soil boron on early seedling growth of black and green gram (Vigna mungo and V. radiata). In: van Beusichem, M.L. (eds) Plant Nutrition — Physiology and Applications. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 41. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0585-6_47
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