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ReviewJournal of experimental botany2025

Molecular mechanisms affected by boron deficiency in root and shoot meristems of plants.

Liuyang Chu, Cay Christin Schäfer, Michaela S Matthes

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Review in Journal of experimental botany, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Boron in Diet and Medicine: Mechanisms of Delivery and Detection.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Liuyang ChuUniversity of Bonn, Institute for Crop Science and Resource Conservation, Crop Functional Genomics, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 144, 53113 Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7405-8326
Cay Christin SchäferUniversity of Bonn, Institute for Crop Science and Resource Conservation, Crop Functional Genomics, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 144, 53113 Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3789-7352
Michaela S MatthesUniversity of Bonn, Institute for Crop Science and Resource Conservation, Crop Functional Genomics, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 144, 53113 Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5477-5846

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft MA-9520/1-1 and MA-9520/2-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Boron deficiency is an abiotic stress that negatively impacts plant growth and yield worldwide. Boron deficiency primarily affects the development of plant meristems- stem cells critical for all post-embryonic tissue growth. The essential role of boron in meristem development was first established in 1923. It remains unclear whether boron directly integrates into meristem molecular signalling pathways. In addition to its stabilizing function in the primary cell wall, growing evidence suggests roles for boron in various molecular processes including phytohormone cascades. These indications enhance a mechanistic understanding of why boron is crucial for proper meristem development. In this review we compile and discuss molecular pathways influenced by boron availability in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), maize (Zea mays), rice (Oryza sativa), and oilseed rape (Brassica napus) with a focus on the auxin-, ethylene-, and cytokinin-mediated hormone cascades. We particularly compare and contrast phenotypic and molecular adaptations of shoot and root meristems to boron deficiency and pinpoint tissue-specific differences.

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BoronMeristemPlant RootsPlant ShootsArabidopsisBrassica napusCytokininsOryzaPlant Growth RegulatorsSignal TransductionBoronCytokininsPlant Growth RegulatorsAuxinboron deficiencycytokininethylenemeristem

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PMID39873407
PMCPMC12066120

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