10B mobility in cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) and peach (Prunus persica L.) trees

• Grant number: 09/11932-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2010
• End date: October 31, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Soil Science
• Principal Investigator: Salatier Buzetti
• Grantee: Juliana Aparecida de Souza
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia (FEIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Ilha Solteira. Ilha Solteira , SP, Brazil

Abstract

O B whose importance has been known for decades is used in foliar fertilization in various regions and for different conditions of soil, climate and culture in Brazil. There is, however, that the supply of foliar B also presents contradictory results, has only recently been demonstrated that boron exhibits rapid and significant mobility in the phloem of some species producing polyols. Polyols as sugar alcohols sorbitol, mannitol and dulcitol are capable of complexing B giving this element some mobility within the plant. It appears that in practice, except in cases that are recommended, many producers in part motivated by the wide range of advertising and products on the market use as a foliar application of B supply to plants. This procedure has contributed to the unsatisfactory results on the foliar application of B and this highlights the importance of knowing the most appropriate application method such that the plant can use it. In this sense, this research aims to verify the mobility of foliar applied B in sorbitol-producing plants.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SOUZA, Juliana Aparecida de. Mobilidade de boro (10B) em cajueiro (Anacardium occidentale L.) e pessegueiro (Prunus persica L.). 2011. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Engenharia. Ilha Solteira Ilha Solteira.