| Abstract: | Abstract Radlands Crimson strawberries were grown in a glasshouse with 7 rates of applied boron. Wood shavings mulches with different boron concentrations were also applied as separate treatments. Boron toxicity symptoms were produced in leaves by boron rates of 0.32 kg ha‐1 and greater on a soil containing 1.6 ug B g‐1 of hot water extractable boron. Concentrations greater than 123 μg B g‐1 in old leaves were associated with boron toxicity symptoms. In the B rate experiment, soil boron concentrations greater than 1.9 μg B g‐1 soil were associated with leaf toxicity symptoms which increased in severity with increasing soil boron concentrations up to 4.1 μg B g‐1 soil. Wood shavings mulch containing 17 μg B g‐1 caused boron toxicity symptoms in older leaves whereas mulches containing less than 6 μg B g‐1 did not produce toxicity symptoms. |
