Silicon Enhances Brassica napus Tolerance to Boron Deficiency by the Remobilisation of Boron and by Changing the Expression of Boron Transporters
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Silicon Application Promotes Plant Growth under Long-Term B Deficiency
2.2. Silicon Application Promotes the Growth of New Leaves and the Expression of B Transporters under Short-Term B Deficiency
2.3. Silicon Improves 11B Remobilization from Old to Young Tissues
3. Discussion
4. Material and Methods
4.1. Plant Material and Growth Conditions
4.2. Elemental Analysis
4.3. Boron Uptake Labelling and Translocation
4.4. RNA Extraction and Gene Expression Analysis
4.5. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Réthoré, E.; Ali, N.; Pluchon, S.; Hosseini, S.A. Silicon Enhances Brassica napus Tolerance to Boron Deficiency by the Remobilisation of Boron and by Changing the Expression of Boron Transporters. Plants 2023, 12, 2574. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12132574
Réthoré E, Ali N, Pluchon S, Hosseini SA. Silicon Enhances Brassica napus Tolerance to Boron Deficiency by the Remobilisation of Boron and by Changing the Expression of Boron Transporters. Plants. 2023; 12(13):2574. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12132574
Chicago/Turabian StyleRéthoré, Elise, Nusrat Ali, Sylvain Pluchon, and Seyed Abdollah Hosseini. 2023. "Silicon Enhances Brassica napus Tolerance to Boron Deficiency by the Remobilisation of Boron and by Changing the Expression of Boron Transporters" Plants 12, no. 13: 2574. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12132574