Identification of Rapeseed (Brassica napus) Cultivars With a High Tolerance to Boron-Deficient Conditions.

ABSTRACT: Boron (B) is an essential micronutrient for seed plants. Information on B-efficiency mechanisms and B-efficient crop and model plant genotypes is very scarce. Studies evaluating the basis and consequences of B-deficiency and B-efficiency are limited by the facts that B occurs as a trace contaminant essentially everywhere, its bioavailability is difficult to control and soil-based B-deficiency growth systems allowing a high-throughput screening of plant populations have hitherto been lacking. The crop plant Brassica napus shows a very high sensitivity toward B-deficient conditions. To reduce B-deficiency-caused yield losses in a sustainable manner, the identification of B-efficient B. napus genotypes is indispensable. We developed a soil substrate-based cultivation system which is suitable

SUBMITTER: Pommerrenig B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6091279 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature