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Effects of foliage boron-spraying on seed yields and fatty acid composition of tree peony (Paeonia ostii ‘Feng Dan’)

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Wuhan University Journal of Natural Sciences

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The influence of the foliage boron(B)-spaying concentration on the yield and fatty acid composition of tree peony (Paeonia ostii ‘Feng Dan’) was explored in the experiment of 2014-2015. In this research, a statistically significant correlation was found between the mass concentration of foliage boron- spraying and tree peony seed yield. Maximum yield increment of tree peony seeds was obtained when the boron-spraying concentration was 4 g/L. The composition of fatty acid was analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and the main components of the fatty acid composition were quantified by internal standard method. The increase in the oil extraction rate after foliage boron-spraying nutrition of different concentration was significant and ranged between 0.04% and 11.43%. Seed oil production and oil extraction rate were also increased due to the increase of seed yields. Furthermore, foliage boron-spraying had a significant effect on the content of linolenic acid and linoleic acid in seed oil.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge MA Xinshi for his enthusiastic support of this research and access to land for experimentation.

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  1. College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China

    Chengcheng Li, Wenli Ji, Jiayi Sun, Jingxuan Yang, Shuangyu Wei & Yanlong Zhang

  2. College of Forestry, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China

    Qiaoli Li

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Foundation item: Supported by the Chinese Special Fund for Forest Scientific Research in the Public Welfare Program (201404701)

Biography: LI Chengcheng, female, Master candidate, research direction: garden plant resources and cultivation.

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Li, C., Ji, W., Sun, J. et al. Effects of foliage boron-spraying on seed yields and fatty acid composition of tree peony (Paeonia ostii ‘Feng Dan’). Wuhan Univ. J. Nat. Sci. 23, 56–62 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11859-018-1294-1

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