Requirement of Ginkgo Pollen-Derived Tissue Cultures for Boron and Effects of Boron Deficiency
- 1 May 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 41 (5), 815-820
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.41.5.815
Abstract
A new test system for studying the role of B in the metabolism of plants was employed, the use of sterile shake-cultures of Ginkgo pollen-derived tissue, which is made up of small masses of homogeneous parenchymatous cells. Two general effects of boron deficiency were found: reduced rate of cell division with no significant effect on cell size, and some alteration in composition of the cell walls. With the exception of a reduction in fructose, there was no effect of boron deficiency on the concentration of soluble and of readily hydrolyzable carbohydrates, nor on the concentration of protein in the tissue.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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