Does boron play only a structural role in the growing tissues of higher plants?

Plant and Soil

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-215

  Brown, Patrick H ^a   Hu, Hening ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boron; Defeciency; Function; Membrane; Mobility; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030731204     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004245823080     Document Type: Conference Paper

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