Claim · model-written summary
Boron deficiency decreased the number of cotton reproductive branches and structures.
- Taxon
- cotton
Gossypium hirsutumt0 - Treatment
- B deficiencye0
- Outcome
- number of reproductive branches and structurese0
- Direction
- decreasede0
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Verbatim
e0“The leaf area and the number of reproductive branches and structures decreased due to B deficiency.”
t0“cotton”
t1“cotton”
Title
Carbohydrate production and transport in cotton cultivars grown under boron deficiency
Julio Cesar Bogiani; Amanda Cristina Esteves Amaro; Ciro Antonio Rosolem Scientia Agricola 2013. doi:10.1590/s0103-90162013000600010
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Boron deficiency decreased cotton leaf area.
- Intervention effect Boron deficiency increased abortion of cotton reproductive structures.
- Intervention effect Boron deficiency increased internal CO2 concentration in cotton.
- Intervention effect Boron deficiency decreased cotton transpiration rate, stomatal conductance and photosynthesis.
- Intervention effect Nonstructural carbohydrates accumulated in leaves of boron-deficient cotton.
- Mechanism Reduced export to bolls explains carbohydrate accumulation in boron-deficient cotton leaves.
- Observation Cotton cultivars showed similar responses to boron deficiency.