Sour pummelo (Citrus grandis) seedlings were irrigated with nutrient solution containing four boron concentrations (i. e., 2. 5, 10, 25 and 50 μM H 3BO 3) and two aluminum concentrations [i. e., 0 (-Al) and 1. 2 mM AlCl 3 · 6 H 2O (+Al)]. It was found that B did not affect, but Al increased, the Al content in the roots. The Al and citrate contents in the -Al leaves either did not change or slightly increased with increasing B concentration. On the other hand, the Al and citrate contents in the +Al leaves rapidly decreased as B concentration increased from 2. 5 to 50 μM, then decreased at the highest B concentration. The Al and citrate contents were higher in the +Al than in the -Al leaves, except for at 25 μM B when they were similar. The leaf malate content did not change in response to B or Al, except for an increase in the +Al leaves and a decrease in the -Al leaves at 2. 5 μM B. Similarly, the root malate and citrate contents did not change in response to B with or without Al, except for a decrease in the malate and citrate contents in the +Al roots at 50 μM B and an increase in the citrate content in the -Al roots at 50 μM B. The activities of acid-metabolizing enzymes were less affected by B-Al interactions in the roots than in the leaves. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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Tang, N., Jiang, H. X., Yang, L. T., Li, Q., Yang, G. H., & Chen, L. S. (2011). Boron-aluminum interactions affect organic acid metabolism more in leaves than in roots of Citrus grandis seedlings. Biologia Plantarum, 55(4), 681–688. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10535-011-0168-6
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