Rapeseed needs a particularly large amount of boron to be able to grow well. Image: Gerd Patrick Bienert / TUM
Rapeseed needs a particularly large amount of boron to be able to grow well. Image: Gerd Patrick Bienert / TUM TUM@Freising: Lecture on the importance of boron, arsenic and other semimetals for agriculture - The semimetal boron is an essential microelement for plants. It is responsible for the strength of plant cell walls and a variety of transport processes, for example of water and growth hormones within the plant. How a boron deficiency affects plants and how such a deficiency can be prevented to improve yield will be explained by Gerd Patrick Bienert, Professor of Crop physiology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in an online lecture in the TUM@Freising lecture series on Tuesday March 22, 2022. Boron is an essential micronutrient for plants. Especially sugar beets, rapeseed, and corn need a great deal of it. A well-functioning energy metabolism, flower fertility, root growth, and high stress tolerance in crops all depend on a sufficient supply of boron.
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