. 2013 Jul 23;4:270. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00270

Table 3.

Effects of foliar boron (1.1 kg B ha⁻¹) and water stress on seed sugar concentrations (mg g⁻¹ dwt).

Water treatment	Boron treatment	Sucrose	Raffinose	Stachyose	Glucose	Fructose
W	−B	51.5^b	11.2^b	29.4^c	2.03^b	0.71^b
	+B	72.4^a	12.1^b	31.4^c	2.63^a	0.93^a
WS	−B	37.1^d	15.2^a	42.1^a	1.82^d	0.44^d
	+B	43.7^c	12.1^b	37.5^b	2.06^c	0.61^c

Means within

column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at the 5% level as determined by Fishers' LSD test.

W, watered plants; WS, water stressed plants; –B, plants with no foliar boron application; +B, plants with foliar boron application.