The treatments included in the
study were soil application of B at the rate of 1.5 kg/hm2 at the
transplanting, tillering, flowering and grain formation stages of
rice, seedling roots dipping in 1.5% B solution before
transplanting and foliar application of B at 1.5% B solution at
the tillering, flowering and grain formation stages of rice,
whereas control plots did not apply any B.