PLANT AND SOIL Contents Volume 193, Nos. 1-2 1997 BORON IN SOILS AND PLANTS: REVIEWS Invited Review Papers for Boron®’, the International Symposium on ‘Boron in Soils and Plants’, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 7-11 September, 1997 Guest Editors: B. Dell, PH. Brown and R.W. Bell Foreword J.F. Loneragan vii-viii Preface ix—x The chemistry of boron and its speciation in plants PP. Power and W.G. Woods 1-13 Techniques for boron determination and their application to the analysis of plant and soil samples R.N. Sah and PH. Brown Reactions of boron with soils S. Goldberg 35-48 Absorption of boron by plant roots H. Hu and PH. Brown 49-58 Boron in plant cell walls T. Matoh 59-70 Boron deficiency-induced impairments of celiular functions in plants |. Cakmak and V. Römheld 71-83 Boron mobility in plants PH. Brown and B.J. Shelp 85-101 Physiological response of plants to low boron B. Dell and L. Huang 103-120 The occurrence and correction of boron deficiency V.M. Shorrocks 121-148 Diagnosis and prediction of boron deficiency for plant production R.W. Bell 149-168 Genotypic variation in plant response to low boron and implications for plant breeding | B. Rerkasem and S. Jamjod 169-180 Boron toxicity R.O. Nable, G.S. Bañuelos and J.G. Paull 181-198 Boron in human and animal nutrition F.H. Nielsen 199-208 Author index 209