Response of soybean to foliar‐applied boron and magnesium and soil‐applied boronFootnote¹

This research was funded in part by U.S. Borax, the Foundation for Agronomic Research, the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, and is a contribution of the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Series Number 12,052.

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