title: [Effects of soil moisture and boron supply on the plant growth and leaf water content and boron forms of oilseed rape cultivars with different boron use efficiency at their seedling stage].
abstract: The study with pot experiment showed that under the stress of low soil moisture content, the oilseed rape cultivars with high and low boron (B) use efficiency had a higher fresh mass per plant at their seedling stage under high B supply, compared with those under low B supply. The increment was 43.1% and 31.7%, respectively, but no significant difference was observed between the cultivars. Under two B supply levels, the bound water content and semi-bound B distribution proportion in the leaves of the cultivar with high B use efficiency were 11.4% and 1.7%, and 6.9% and 23.8% higher than those of the cultivar with low B use efficiency, respectively. Under normal soil moisture condition, high B supply induced an increase of fresh mass per plant by 11.1% for the cultivar with high B use efficiency and by 27.4% for the cultivar with low B use efficiency, compared with low B supply. Under these two B supply levels, the cultivar with high B use efficiency had a higher content of free water in its leaves, and its leaf free B content was 2 times as much as that of the cultivar with low B use efficiency, which would benefit the B transportation in plant.
authors.affiliation: Microelement Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China. fuzhaonian@126.com
authors.forename: Fu-zhao
authors.initials: FZ
authors.lastname: Nian
authors.forename: Cheng-xiao
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Fang-sen
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Fen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lü
authors.forename: Yun-hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D018533:Biomass; D001895:Boron / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D029688:Brassica napus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D036226:Seedlings / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012987:Soil; D014867:Water; D001895:Boron