Agricultural Science Digest
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue: 6

Using microplates to test boron in Zea mays leaf plant and the surrounding soil

  • Author:
  • Mohammed Ati Estabraq1, Fadhil Abbas Rana1, Abrar Thamer Al-Safaar2, Reyam Naji Ajmi1,*
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 1056 to 1061

1Department of Biology Science, Mustansiriyah University, Pox 46079, Baghdad, Iraq

2College of Education and Pure Science (Ibn-Alhaitham), University of Baghdad, Iraq

*Corresponding Author: Reyam Naji Ajmi, Department of Biology Science, Mustansiriyah University, Pox 46079, Baghdad, Iraq, Email: reyam80a@uomustansiriyah.edu.iq

Online published on 12 June, 2025.

Abstract

Boron plays a crucial role in cell wall construction in plants and also facilitates the transfer of carbohydrates, which are essential for various physiological processes. The objective was to measure element concentrations in soil, water extracts and plant tissues (Zea mays) using Azomethine-H and ICP-MS within a controlled microplate assay.

A microscopic plate repeat test was used to analyze the concentration of boron in soil extracts and plant tissue ash from local Zea mays leaves, considering the global trend in environmental sustainability. Tests aimed to modify the azomethine-H microscopic approach to eliminate pH and chemical interferences in soil samples and plant tissues. Due to their ability to ensure sample repeatability and quality control, micro spectrophotometers are ideal for high-throughput analysis.

The microplate test has enhanced boron measurement in soil and plant tissue samples. Our improvements to the microplate B assay have resulted in more accurate boron measurements in these samples. Microplate B testing is effective and suitable analysis in modern research and laboratories, using 40 times less chemical reagent per sample than traditional spectrophotometry. Additionally, microplates enable simultaneous analysis and calibration of samples. The modified plate test significantly improves boron measurement in soil and plant tissue samples, using 40 times fewer reagents than traditional spectrophotometry. This method is cost-effective, ideal research, commercial analysis and making it a valuable tool for modern laboratories.

Keywords

Boron, Soil contamination, Zea mays analysis