Boron: Possible Role in Plant Metabolism

• Main Authors: Rajaratnam, J.A., Lowry, J.B., Avadhani, P.N., Corley, R.H.V.
• Format: Article
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 1971
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QD Chemistry; QH Natural history; S Agriculture (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/25806/; https://doi.org/10.1126/science.172.3988.1142
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

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...