• 1. The chemistry of boron and its speciation in plants.- 2. Techniques for boron determination and their application to the analysis of plant and soil samples.- 3. Reactions of boron with soils.- 4. Absorption of boron by plant roots.- 5. Boron in plant cell walls.- 6. Boron deficiency-induced impairments of cellular functions in plants.- 7. Boron mobility in plants.- 8. Physiological response of plants to low boron.- 9. The occurrence and correction of boron deficiency.- 10. Diagnosis and prediction of boron deficiency for plant production.- 11. Genotypic variation in plant response to low boron and implications for plant breeding.- 12. Boron toxicity.- 13. Boron in human and animal nutrition.- Author index.- Common name citation index.

'These are excellent reviews of boron in soils and plants and are well written. The book taken as a whole, brings the reader up-to-date on the current status of knowledge about boron as an essential plant nutrient... It would make a very good reference text for university plant nutrition courses and should be on the reference shelf of all plant nutrition researchers.' George Hochmuth, University of Florida, Gainsville 'Each chapter is well referenced, making this book a source-authority on boron in plants and soils. It would make a very good reference text for university plant nutrition courses and should be on the reference shelf of all plant nutrition researchers.' HortScience, 34:2 (1999)