ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Plant Sci.
Sec. Plant Nutrition
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpls.2025.1548792
Concentration-dependent effects of boron fertilizer on growth, yield, and quality of buckwheat
Provisionally accepted
- 1Characteristic Grain and Economy Research Laboratory, Taizhou Institute of Agricultural Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Taizhou, China
- 2Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China, Nanjing, China
- 3Miscellaneous Grains Room, Taixing Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Taixing City, Jiangsu Province, China., Taixing, China
- 4Inspection Laboratory, Taizhou Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Institute, Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province, China., Taizhou, China
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In order to identify the optimal concentration of boron fertilizer to maximize growth and yield of buckwheat, pot experiments and field trials were carried out at different mass concentrations of boron fertilizer solution: 0, 12, 24, 48, and 72 mg/L. The results showed that 48 mg/L boron fertilizer solution promoted seed germination and seedling growth of Suqiao 1, whereas 24 mg/L boron fertilizer solution had the best effect on seed germination and seedling growth of 1412-69. Moreover, the levels of activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and peroxidase (POD) of Suqiao 1 seedlings were highest under the 48 mg/L boron fertilizer treatment, and those in 1412-69 were highest under the 24 mg/L treatment. The highest grain yield and grain quality of Suqiao 1 were found at a boron concentration of 48 mg/L, whereas grain yield and quality of 1412-69 were maximized at a concentration of 24 mg/L. In summary, boron fertilizer solutions at optimal concentrations can effectively stimulate buckwheat seed germination and seedling growth and thus enhance buckwheat yield.
Keywords: Buckwheat, boron fertilizer, seed germination, Seedling growth, yield, quality
Received: 20 Dec 2024; Accepted: 02 Jul 2025.
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* Correspondence: QingTao Chang, Characteristic Grain and Economy Research Laboratory, Taizhou Institute of Agricultural Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Taizhou, China
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