High-efficiency boron maximizes flowering, pod setting, and pod formation in soybeans

During the reproductive start of soybeans, between R1 and R3, the crop reaches a metabolic peak: the first flowers begin to open, pollination occurs, and the initial formation of pods begins—and with them, the period of greatest risk of abortion. This is when the plant needs nutritional balance and physiological support to transform flowers into full pods. In this context, boron assumes a central role: it participates in the formation of pectins in the cell wall, in the germination of pollen grains, and in the growth of the pollen tube, as well as contributing to the attachment of the flower to the branch, the initial elongation of the pod, and the transport of sugars to reproductive structures. Water deficit, thermal fluctuations, and the pressure of diseases such as Asian rust, white mold, anthracnose, and bacterioses stress the physiology and can compromise pollination and the translocation of nutrients. Added to this is the high demand for potassium and boron: the former, key ...