Claim · model-written summary
The authors concluded that continuous boron supply is unnecessary for cell elongation.
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e0“a continuous supply of boron is not essential for cell elongation”
t0“Squash Roots”
Title
Effect of Boron on Cell Elongation and Division in Squash Roots
Martin S. Cohen; Robert Lepper PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1977. doi:10.1104/pp.59.5.884
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Intervention effect Boron withdrawal slowed squash root elongation within six hours.
- Intervention effect Squash root elongation virtually stopped by 24 hours after boron withdrawal.
- Observation As root elongation ceased, cell elongation progressed into the apical meristem region.
- Observation The meristem became indistinguishable as root elongation ceased.
- Observation The elongation index was 0.8 in boron-sufficient root meristems.
- Observation The elongation index reached 3 in boron-deficient root meristems after 98 hours.
- Mechanism The authors concluded that boron is required to maintain meristematic activity.
- Mechanism Boron was proposed as a possible regulator of cell division in squash roots.