Boron dynamics related to fruit growth and seed production in kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa, cv. Hayward)

The effect of foliar boron treatments on fruit growth and seed development in Actinidia deliciosa, cv. Hayward, was studied. The distal leaves (BH) or fowers (BF) of a shoot were sprayed with 500 mg L-1 boric acid during the fowering period. The mobility of boron from the leaves to the fowers throug...

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Autores principales:	Sotomayor,Carlos, Norambuena,Paulina, Ruiz,Rafael
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal 2010
Materias:	Boric acid boron fruit weight kiwifruit seed number seed weight
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-162020100001000132010-06-10Boron dynamics related to fruit growth and seed production in kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa, cv. Hayward)Sotomayor,CarlosNorambuena,PaulinaRuiz,Rafael Boric acid boron fruit weight kiwifruit seed number seed weight The effect of foliar boron treatments on fruit growth and seed development in Actinidia deliciosa, cv. Hayward, was studied. The distal leaves (BH) or fowers (BF) of a shoot were sprayed with 500 mg L-1 boric acid during the fowering period. The mobility of boron from the leaves to the fowers through the phloem was determined by spraying only the leaves. From 0 to 96 h after treatment, leaves and fowers were sampled and total boron was assessed. At harvest time, fruit weight and diameter plus seed weight and number were measured for the different treatments. The weight of fruits growing from shoots with boron-treated leaves were 14.1% higher than the control, while the weight of fruits derived from boron-treated fowers was 17% higher than that of fruits from untreated fowers. Regarding fruit length, signifcant differences between boron treatments and the control were observed, with an 8.2% and 8.5% increase for BH and BF treatments, respectively. No signifcant differences were found in fruit diameter. Fruits grown from shoots with boron-treated leaves had 43% more seeds than fruit grown from untreated control shoots, while fruits resulting from boron-treated fowers had 44% more seeds. This demonstrates the positive effect of boron treatment in seed production. No differences were observed in seed weight between treatments. The correlation coeffcient between seed number and fruit weight was r² = 0.1294 for BF, r² = 0.1298 for BH and r² =0.0002 for the control. There was no variation in non-treated leaves and fowers with respect to boron concentration for a 96 h time period. On the contrary, in sprayed leaves boron levels reached up to 16 mg kg-1 between 24 and 48 h and slightly decreased after 96 h, demonstrating the boron absorption capacity of leaves. In the fowers from the shoots with boron-treated leaves, there was a signifcant 14 mg kg-1 increase in boron concentration from 24 to 96 h, showing boron mobility from leaves to fowers.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería ForestalCiencia e investigación agraria v.37 n.1 20102010-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-16202010000100013en10.4067/S0718-16202010000100013
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spellingShingle	Boric acid boron fruit weight kiwifruit seed number seed weight Sotomayor,Carlos Norambuena,Paulina Ruiz,Rafael Boron dynamics related to fruit growth and seed production in kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa, cv. Hayward)
description	The effect of foliar boron treatments on fruit growth and seed development in Actinidia deliciosa, cv. Hayward, was studied. The distal leaves (BH) or fowers (BF) of a shoot were sprayed with 500 mg L-1 boric acid during the fowering period. The mobility of boron from the leaves to the fowers through the phloem was determined by spraying only the leaves. From 0 to 96 h after treatment, leaves and fowers were sampled and total boron was assessed. At harvest time, fruit weight and diameter plus seed weight and number were measured for the different treatments. The weight of fruits growing from shoots with boron-treated leaves were 14.1% higher than the control, while the weight of fruits derived from boron-treated fowers was 17% higher than that of fruits from untreated fowers. Regarding fruit length, signifcant differences between boron treatments and the control were observed, with an 8.2% and 8.5% increase for BH and BF treatments, respectively. No signifcant differences were found in fruit diameter. Fruits grown from shoots with boron-treated leaves had 43% more seeds than fruit grown from untreated control shoots, while fruits resulting from boron-treated fowers had 44% more seeds. This demonstrates the positive effect of boron treatment in seed production. No differences were observed in seed weight between treatments. The correlation coeffcient between seed number and fruit weight was r² = 0.1294 for BF, r² = 0.1298 for BH and r² =0.0002 for the control. There was no variation in non-treated leaves and fowers with respect to boron concentration for a 96 h time period. On the contrary, in sprayed leaves boron levels reached up to 16 mg kg-1 between 24 and 48 h and slightly decreased after 96 h, demonstrating the boron absorption capacity of leaves. In the fowers from the shoots with boron-treated leaves, there was a signifcant 14 mg kg-1 increase in boron concentration from 24 to 96 h, showing boron mobility from leaves to fowers.
author	Sotomayor,Carlos Norambuena,Paulina Ruiz,Rafael
author_facet	Sotomayor,Carlos Norambuena,Paulina Ruiz,Rafael
author_sort	Sotomayor,Carlos
title	Boron dynamics related to fruit growth and seed production in kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa, cv. Hayward)
title_short	Boron dynamics related to fruit growth and seed production in kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa, cv. Hayward)
title_full	Boron dynamics related to fruit growth and seed production in kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa, cv. Hayward)
title_fullStr	Boron dynamics related to fruit growth and seed production in kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa, cv. Hayward)
title_full_unstemmed	Boron dynamics related to fruit growth and seed production in kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa, cv. Hayward)
title_sort	boron dynamics related to fruit growth and seed production in kiwifruit (actinidia deliciosa, cv. hayward)
publisher	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal
publishDate	2010
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-16202010000100013
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Boron dynamics related to fruit growth and seed production in kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa, cv. Hayward)

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