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Boron in Plant and Animal Nutrition Boron in Plant and Animal Nutrition Edited by Heiner E. Goldbach Patrick H. Brown University of Bonn University of California Bonn, Germany Davis, California Benjavan Rerkasem Michel Thellier Chiang Mai University University of Rouen Chiang Mai, Thailand Rouen, France Monika A. Wimmer and University of Bonn Bonn, Germany and Richard W. Bell University of California Murdoch University Davis, California Perth, Australia Springer Science+Business Media, LLC Proceedings of an International Workshop on Ali Aspects of Animal and Plant Boron Nutrition, held July 23-27,2001, in Bonn, Germany ISBN 978-1-4613-5155-9 ISBN 978-1-4615-0607-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-0607-2 ©2002 Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Kluwer Academic I Plenum Publishers, New York in 2002 Softcover reprint ofthe hardcover lst edition 2002 http://www.wkap.nV ro 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 A C.I.P. record for this book is available from the Library of Congress Alt rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifical1y for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work Sponsors of the International Workshop on All Aspects of Animal and Plant Boron Nutrition, July 23-27, 2001, University of Bonn, Germany DEUTSCHE FORSCHUNGSGEMEINSCHAFT (DFG) iJFG BORAX EUROPE AGRICULTURAL FACULTY, UNIVERSITY OF BONN, GERMANY Local Organizing Committee Anna Maria Glogau Ahmet Aydogan Bert Jager Brigitte Ueberbach Christian Russok Christine Pinter Daniela Klein Deborah Rupprecht Elisabeth Steinke Florian Indenbirken Frank Gresens Heiner Goldbach Heinrich Wilhelm Scherer Joachim Clemens Judit Bunker Jiirgen Burkhardt Manfried Trimbom Maria Hogrebe Rudolf Schneider Sebastian Wulf Steffie Ponzelar Svea Schulter Sybille Reichert Thomas Eichert Volker Kuhnen Wilhelma Schluter Yvonne Dills Vll Preface The Boron '97 meeting was a great success in summarising all recent developments in basic and applied research on boron's function, especially in plants. New techniques have since been developed and new insight has been gained into the role of boron in plant and animal metabolism. Nevertheless, there were still lots of open questions. The aim of the present workshop held in Bonn as a satellite meeting to the International Plant Nutrition Colloquium was thus to gather all actual information which has been gained since the Boron '97 meeting and to compile knowledge, both from animal and plant sciences. Furthermore, applied aspects had to be addressed too, as there is an increasing awareness of boron deficiencies even in crops such as wheat, which have formerly not been considered as responsive to boron application. Genetic differences in boron demand and efficiency within one species are a further important topic which has gained importance since the 1997 meeting. More in-depth knowledge on the mechanisms of boron efficiency are required as an increased efficiency will be one major possibility to maintain and improve crop yields for resource-poor farmers. Nevertheless, it has also clearly been shown that an adequate supply of boron is needed to obtain high yields of crops with a high quality, and that a sustainable agriculture has to provide an adequate boron supply to compensate for inevitable losses through leaching (especially in the humid tropics and temperate regions) and for the boron removal by the crop. It was thought that combining basic and applied boron research in the animal and plant kingdom in one workshop might help to direct further research. The meeting clearly achieved this goal and it helped to establish and deepen contacts between the different research groups and to get a spin- off for further studies on boron in plants and animals, boron's function(s), its ix x Preface uptake and translocation as well, the demand for plants and animals, and the proper amount to be supplied. In this volume the reader will find a review of recent developments in boron research and will be provided with up-to-date knowledge on all aspects of animal and plant boron nutrition. Both review papers as well as original contributions of basic and applied boron research are to be found in this volume, process oriented as well as empirical studies. The papers cover a wide area, both geographically as well as thematically. The workshop has led to the formation of an informal group of boron researchers in order to further stimulate research on this interesting topic. I would like to thank all participants on behalf of the organisers for their participation, interesting contributions and the submission of their manuscripts. Unfortunately, we could not consider all submitted articles, but we had to select in order to achieve also some kind of balanced distribution among subjects, geographic areas and research groups. This is as well the place to thank our main sponsors: the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and Borax Europe!Borax International. Without this funding it would have been impossible to hold the meeting. The generous financial contribution of the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Bonn is greatfully acknowledged as well. I would also like to thank my staff who had a hard time to get the meeting running properly, sacrificing a lot of their after-office hours, especially Ms. Reichert and Dr. Thomas Eichert, who helped a great deal with the printouts in the last minutes The attention of the reader should be drawn to the newly developed homepage of lMA (Industrial Minerals Association): http://www.ima-eu.org where questions concerning borates may be sent to the association. Finally I would like to thank Kluwer Academic Plenum Publishers for their patience in waiting for the late contributions and the efficient handling of the proceedings. May the community of "boron addicts" be growing and the next meeting further contribute to our knowledge on boron's role in animalslhuman and plants, as there are sti1110ads of open questions. An adequate boron nutrition is one aspect of a sustainable agriculture and merits further efforts, of both applied as well as basic research in the animal and the plant kingdom. On behalf of the editorial committee Heiner E. Goldbach Contents Methods in Boron Research Specific Methods for Boron Studies in Plants 1 M Thellier, Arlette Chevallier, Isabelle His, Michael Jarvis, Mark A. Lovell, Fran90ise Martini, Camille Ripoll, David Robertson, Wolfgang Sauerwein, and Marie-Claire Verdus Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy Methodology for Boron Localisation in Plant Cell Walls 11 Isabelle His, lain M R. Mackinnon, Mazz Marry, I. Max Huxham, and Michael C. Jarvis Boron in Animals and Humans Boron-Binding-Biomolecules: A Key to Understanding the Beneficial Physiologic Effects of Dietary Boron from Prokaryotes to Humans 21 Curtiss D. Hunt The Nutritional Importance and Pharmacological Potential of Boron for Higher Animals and Human 37 Forrest H Nielsen Databases Available to Health Professionals for Boron Intake Determinations 51 Susan L. Meacham, Lesley J. Johnson, and Laura J. Kruskall How Boron is Being Used in Medical Practice 59 Rex E. Newnham Xl XlI Contents Boron in Plants: Requirements and Function Boron Requirements of Plants 63 R. W. Bell, B. Dell, and L. Huang Uptake and Transport of Boron 87 Patrick H. Brown, Nacer Bellaloui, Ram N Sah, Elias Bassil, and Hening Hu Boron in Plant Reproduction 103 B. Dell, L. Huang, and R. W. Bell Characterization of Boron Uptake in Higher Plants 119 Brigitte Gassert, Elke Sprich, Heidrun Pfeffer, Frank Dannel, Nikolaus v. Wiren, and Volker Romheld Boron Uptake and Retranslocation in Cultivars of Brassica napus Differing in Boron Efficiency 127 Fangsen Xu, Yuhua Yang, Yunhua Wang, and Lishu Wu Seasonal Conditions Modify Pollen Viability Responses to B Deficiency in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Wilgoyne) 137 Longbin Huang, Bernard Dell, and Richard W. Bell Boron Function in Plant Cell Wal1s: Research Progress Since 1997 143 Toru Matoh and Masaru Kobayashi Stability of the Borate-ester Cross-link in Rhamnoga1acturonan II at Low pH and Calcium Activity in muro and in vivo 157 RudolfE hwald, Axel Fleischer, Heidemarie Schneider and Malcolm O'Neill Rapid Responses of Plants to Boron Deprivation: Where are the Links Between Boron's Primary Role and Secondary Reactions? 167 Heiner E. Goldbach, Monilca A. Wimmer, Fran90is Chaumont, Toru Matoh, Dieter Volkmann, Frantisek Baluska, Ruth Wingender, Marion Schulz, and Qin Yu The Effect of Boron on Pollen Development in Two Wheat Cultivars (Triticum aestivum L., cv. 'Fang 60' and 'SW 41 ') 181 Duangjai Nachiangmai, Bernie Dell, Longbin Huang, Richard W Bell, and Benjavan Rerkasem
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