To study the effect of Zn and B as foliar spray on growth and yield of sweet orange, cv. Blood red at Dargai, Malakand Agency, Pakistan during 2006 and 2007. The micronutrients zinc (Zn) in the form of zinc sulphate (ZnSo4.7H2O) as zinc source at the rate of 0.5 % and 1.0 % and boron (B) in the form of boric acid (H3BO3) at the rate of 0.02 % and 0.04 % were applied as foliar spray at three dif...

ni-co/cu multilayers have been grown by electrodeposition method from a single electrolyte (based on ni(so4).6h2o, co(so4).7h2o, cu(so4) and h3bo3) using galvanostatic control on titanium sublayers. the x-ray diffraction (xrd) patterns confirmed the multilayered structure with the nanometer thicknesses. also, electron diffraction x-ray (edx)  analysis confirmed the purity of deposited samples. ...

gladiolus (gladiolus grandiflorus l.) is one of the most widely cultivated, economically important and common flowering plants worldwide including pakistan. however, its yield of flower is quite low when grown under agro-climatic conditions of multan. a field experiment was conducted at the experimental area, department of horticulture, bahauddin zakariya university, multan (pakistan), during 2...

Our previous research, conducted under well-watered conditions without fertilizer application, showed that fuzziness cottonseed trait resulted in cottonseed nutrition differences between fuzzy (F) and fuzzless (N) cottonseed. Under water stress conditions, B mobility is further limited, inhibiting B movement within the plant, affecting seed nutrition (quality). Therefore, we hypothesized that b...

Boron (B) is essential to growth at low concentrations and limits growth and yield when in excess. Little is known regarding plant response to excess B and salinity occurring simultaneously. In this study, two models of Leibig-Sprengel (LS) and Mitscherlich-Baule (MB), originally proposed to explain plant response to nutrients only, were modified to evaluate canola yield response to combined le...

Boron (B) is a non-metal micronutrient which is essential for plants growth and development. Formation of boron complex with cell wall matrix and phenolic compounds is a definite influence of boron in physiological process. It has been suggested that B-toxicity and deficiency may induce excess production of reactive oxygen species thereby promote defense responses by antioxidant enzymes or non-...