Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Science 11 June 1971:
Vol. 172. no. 3988, pp. 1142 - 1143
DOI: 10.1126/science.172.3988.1142
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

Articles

Boron: Possible Role in Plant Metabolism

J. A. Rajaratnam 1, J. B. Lowry 2, P. N. Avadhani 3, and R. H. V. Corley 4

1 Faculty-of Agriculture, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
2 Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya
3 Department of Botany, University of Singapore, Singapore
4 Oil Palm Genetics Laboratory, Layang Layang, Malaya

Leaves of boron-deficient oil palm showed a total absence of the leucoanthocyanins usually present, well before onset of pathological symptoms. The association of boron with flavonoid synthesis is consistent with the otherwise anomalous situation that this element is essential for higher plants but not for animals or lower plants.

To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)