Abstract
Boron (B), one of the essential micronutrients, plays vital role in plant growth. Thirty one field experiments were conducted to evaluate the response of wheat, rice and cotton to B application throughout Pakistan during 2005-08. Boron was applied at 1 kg ha -1 as Borax decahydrate (11.3% B) at different times along with recommended doses of N, P and K. The results revealed that B application at sowing time to wheat increased significantly the number of tillers plant -1 (15%), number of grains spike -1 (11%), 1000-grain weight (7%) and grain yield (10%) over control. Among the treatments, B application at sowing time showed best results followed by B application at 1 st irrigation and at booting stage. In rice (coarse), B application before transplanting substantially increased number of tillers hill -1 (21%), plant height (3%), panicle length (10%), and number of paddy grains panicle -1 (17%), 1000-grain weight (11%) and paddy yield (31%) over control. Response of fine rice to B application was similar for all yield parameters as in coarse rice. In cotton, B application considerably increased plant height (3%), number of mature bolls plant -1 (12%), seed weight boll -1 (8%) and seed cotton yield (9%) over control. Although, B application at all stages significantly increased yield parameters tested but B application at sowing time was best among all treatments.
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Claims 17
Claim · model-written summary
Boron at sowing increased wheat tillers per plant by 15% versus control.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Treatment
- B application at sowing timee0
- Outcome
- number of tillers plant -1e0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 15%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
- Setting
- Pakistant0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“B application at sowing time to wheat increased significantly the number of tillers plant -1 (15%), number of grains spike -1 (11%), 1000-grain weight (7%) and grain yield (10%) over control”
t0“Pakistan”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron at sowing increased wheat grains per spike by 11% versus control.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- B application at sowing timee0
- Outcome
- number of grains spike -1e0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 11%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“B application at sowing time to wheat increased significantly the number of tillers plant -1 (15%), number of grains spike -1 (11%), 1000-grain weight (7%) and grain yield (10%) over control”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron at sowing increased wheat 1000-grain weight by 7% versus control.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- B application at sowing timee0
- Outcome
- 1000-grain weighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 7%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“B application at sowing time to wheat increased significantly the number of tillers plant -1 (15%), number of grains spike -1 (11%), 1000-grain weight (7%) and grain yield (10%) over control”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron at sowing increased wheat grain yield by 10% versus control.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- B application at sowing timee0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 10%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“B application at sowing time to wheat increased significantly the number of tillers plant -1 (15%), number of grains spike -1 (11%), 1000-grain weight (7%) and grain yield (10%) over control”
Claim · model-written summary
Sowing-time boron gave the best wheat results, followed by application at first irrigation and booting.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- B application at sowing timee0
- Outcome
- best resultse0
- Direction
- beste0
- Comparator
- B application at 1 st irrigation and at booting stagee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Among the treatments, B application at sowing time showed best results followed by B application at 1 st irrigation and at booting stage”
t0“wheat, rice and cotton crop”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron before transplanting increased coarse rice tillers per hill by 21%.
- Taxon
- rice
Oryza sativae0 - Material
- coarsee0
- Treatment
- B application before transplantinge0
- Outcome
- number of tillers hill -1e0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 21%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In rice (coarse), B application before transplanting substantially increased number of tillers hill -1 (21%), plant height (3%), panicle length (10%), and number of paddy grains panicle -1 (17%), 1000-grain weight (11%) and paddy yield (31%) over control”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron before transplanting increased coarse rice plant height by 3%.
- Taxon
- riceOryza sativae0
- Material
- coarsee0
- Treatment
- B application before transplantinge0
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 3%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In rice (coarse), B application before transplanting substantially increased number of tillers hill -1 (21%), plant height (3%), panicle length (10%), and number of paddy grains panicle -1 (17%), 1000-grain weight (11%) and paddy yield (31%) over control”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron before transplanting increased coarse rice panicle length by 10%.
- Taxon
- riceOryza sativae0
- Material
- coarsee0
- Treatment
- B application before transplantinge0
- Outcome
- panicle lengthe0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 10%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In rice (coarse), B application before transplanting substantially increased number of tillers hill -1 (21%), plant height (3%), panicle length (10%), and number of paddy grains panicle -1 (17%), 1000-grain weight (11%) and paddy yield (31%) over control”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron before transplanting increased coarse rice paddy grains per panicle by 17%.
- Taxon
- riceOryza sativae0
- Material
- coarsee0
- Treatment
- B application before transplantinge0
- Outcome
- number of paddy grains panicle -1e0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 17%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In rice (coarse), B application before transplanting substantially increased number of tillers hill -1 (21%), plant height (3%), panicle length (10%), and number of paddy grains panicle -1 (17%), 1000-grain weight (11%) and paddy yield (31%) over control”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron before transplanting increased coarse rice 1000-grain weight by 11%.
- Taxon
- riceOryza sativae0
- Material
- coarsee0
- Treatment
- B application before transplantinge0
- Outcome
- 1000-grain weighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 11%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In rice (coarse), B application before transplanting substantially increased number of tillers hill -1 (21%), plant height (3%), panicle length (10%), and number of paddy grains panicle -1 (17%), 1000-grain weight (11%) and paddy yield (31%) over control”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron before transplanting increased coarse rice paddy yield by 31%.
- Taxon
- riceOryza sativae0
- Material
- coarsee0
- Treatment
- B application before transplantinge0
- Outcome
- paddy yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 31%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In rice (coarse), B application before transplanting substantially increased number of tillers hill -1 (21%), plant height (3%), panicle length (10%), and number of paddy grains panicle -1 (17%), 1000-grain weight (11%) and paddy yield (31%) over control”
Claim · model-written summary
Fine rice had a similar response to boron across all yield parameters.
- Taxon
- riceOryza sativae0
- Material
- fine ricee0
- Outcome
- Response of fine rice to B applicatione0
- Comparator
- coarse ricee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Response of fine rice to B application was similar for all yield parameters as in coarse rice”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron increased cotton height by 3%.
- Taxon
- cotton
Gossypium hirsutume0 - Treatment
- B applicatione0
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 3%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In cotton, B application considerably increased plant height (3%), number of mature bolls plant -1 (12%), seed weight boll -1 (8%) and seed cotton yield (9%) over control”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron increased mature bolls per cotton plant by 12%.
- Taxon
- cottonGossypium hirsutume0
- Treatment
- B applicatione0
- Outcome
- number of mature bolls plant -1e0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 12%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In cotton, B application considerably increased plant height (3%), number of mature bolls plant -1 (12%), seed weight boll -1 (8%) and seed cotton yield (9%) over control”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron increased cotton seed weight per boll by 8%.
- Taxon
- cottonGossypium hirsutume0
- Treatment
- B applicatione0
- Outcome
- seed weight boll -1e0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 8%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In cotton, B application considerably increased plant height (3%), number of mature bolls plant -1 (12%), seed weight boll -1 (8%) and seed cotton yield (9%) over control”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron increased seed cotton yield by 9%.
- Taxon
- cottonGossypium hirsutume0
- Treatment
- B applicatione0
- Outcome
- seed cotton yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 9%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In cotton, B application considerably increased plant height (3%), number of mature bolls plant -1 (12%), seed weight boll -1 (8%) and seed cotton yield (9%) over control”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron at sowing was the best application timing for the tested yield parameters.
- Taxon
- wheat, rice and cottonGossypium hirsutumOryza sativaTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- B application at sowing timee0
- Outcome
- yield parameters testede0
- Direction
- beste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“B application at all stages significantly increased yield parameters tested but B application at sowing time was best among all treatments”
t0“wheat, rice and cotton crop”
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