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Responses of Photosynthetic Performance of Sugar Beet Varieties to Foliar Boron Spraying

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The purpose of this experiment is to clarify the effect of boron application on leaves of different boron-sensitive beet varieties and to suggest a suitable recommendation for the management of extracorrhizal nutrients in beet production. Treatment included boron-tolerant variety (KWS1197) and boron-sensitive variety (KWS0143) with four levels of foliar boron spraying [0 (B0), 0.2% (B0.2), 0.4% (B0.4) and 0.8% (B0.8) boric acid]. The leaf properties, chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and mineral element content were determined. The results showed that boron spraying significantly increased the dry matter accumulation and leaves area of sugar beet. An appropriate amount of boron (B0.2 and B0.4) could significantly increase the net photosynthetic rate of leaves, SPAD value and PIABS, and best results were achieved with treatment B0.2. Boron spraying increased the PSII activity of leaves by increasing RC/CSm and ETo/ABS. The content of B in leaves increased significantly after boron spraying, while the content of Ca and Mg increased at the beginning and then decreased. At high boron stress (B0.8), SPAD value, PIABS and Mg contents of KWS0143 variety were recorded lower than those of B0, indicating that the photosynthetic process of the seedlings was inhibited. However, the KWS1197 variety had better physiological responses and stronger boron absorption ability. Comprehensive analysis revealed that B0.2 treatment was the optimal concentration for leaf spraying in beet, and excessive (B0.8) application of boron fertilizer would lead to boron toxicity, so as to reduced photosynthetic performance and inhibited the overall growth behavior of the beet.

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Abbreviations

Fv/Fm :

PSII maximum photochemical efficiency

PIABS :

The performance index on an absorption basis

ABS/RC:

Absorption flux per reaction center

TRo/RC:

Trapped energy flux per RC

ETo/RC:

Electron transport flux per RC

DIo/RC:

Dissipated energy flux per RC

RC/CSm :

Number of active reaction sites per unit area

ETo/ABS:

Quantum yield of the electron transport flux from QA to QB

ABS/CSm :

Absorption flux per unit area

TRo/CSm :

Trapped energy flux per CSm

ETo/CSm :

Electron transport flux per CSm

DIo/CSm :

Dissipated energy flux per CSm

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This work was funded by a Project of Innovative Research Fund for Graduate Students of Heilongjiang University (YJSCX2020-218HLJU) and China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA (CARS-170204).

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  1. National Sugar Crops Improvement Center, College of Advanced Agriculture and Ecological Environment, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China

    Zhenzhen Wu, Xiangling Wang, Baiquan Song, Xiaoyu Zhao & Jiyu Du

  2. Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecological Restoration and Resource Utilization for Cold Region, School of Life Sciences, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China

    Xiangling Wang, Baiquan Song & Jiyu Du

  3. Safety and Quality Institute of Agricultural Products, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, 150086, China

    Wengong Huang

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B Song conceived and designed the experiments. Z Wu and B Song wrote the manuscript. Z Wu and X Wang and X Zhao and J Du performed the experiments. Z Wu and B Song and W Huang analyzed the data.

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Wu, Z., Wang, X., Song, B. et al. Responses of Photosynthetic Performance of Sugar Beet Varieties to Foliar Boron Spraying. Sugar Tech 23, 1332–1339 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-021-01008-z

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