Micronutrient deficiency in the soil is one of the major causes of mango fruit and yield's poor quality. Besides, the consumption of such a diet also causes a deficiency of micronutrients in humans. Boron deficiency adversely affects the flowering and pollen tube formation, thus decreasing mango yield and quality attributes. Soil and foliar application of B are considered a productive method to alleviate boron deficiency. A field experiment was conducted to explore the Boron most suitable method and application rate in mango under the current climatic scenario. There were nine treatments applied in three replications. The results showed that application of T8 = RD + Borax (75 g plant -1 as a basal application) + H3 BO3 (0.8% as a foliar spray) and T9 = RD + Borax (150 g plant -1 as a basal application) + H3 BO3 (0.8% as a foliar spray) significantly enhanced the nitrogen, potassium, proteins, ash, fats, fiber, and total soluble solids in mango as compared to the control. A significant decrease in sodium, total phenolics contents, antioxidant activity, and acidity as citric acid also validated the effective functioning of T8 = RD + Borax (75 g plant -1 as a basal application) + H3 BO3 (0.8% as a foliar spray) and T9 = RD + Borax (150 g plant -1 as a basal application) + H3 BO3 (0.8% as a foliar spray) as compared to control. In conclusion, T8 = RD + Borax (75 g plant -1 as a basal application) + H3 BO3 (0.8% as a foliar spray) and T9 = RD + Borax (150 g plant -1 as a basal application) + H3 BO3 (0.8% as a foliar spray) is a potent strategy to improve the quality attributes of mango under the changing climatic situation.

Chemistry Department Science College Suez University 43518 Suez Egypt

Department of Agronomy Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Bahauddin Zakaria University Multan

Department of Agronomy Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture Multan 66000 Pakistan

Department of Agronomy The University of Haripur Haripur 22620 Pakistan

Department of Biology College of Science Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University P O Box 1982 31441 Dammam Saudi Arabia

Department of Chemistry College of Science Qassim University Buraidah 51452 Saudi Arabia

Department of Chemistry College of Science Taif University P O Box 11099 Taif 21944 Saudi Arabia

Department of Geology and Environmental geoscience university of Dayton USA

Department of Geology and Pedology Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology Mendel University in Brno Zemedelska1 61300 Brno Czech Republic

Department of Land Management Faculty of Agriculture Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang Selangor Malaysia

Department of Pharmacy Practice College of Pharmacy AlMaarefa University Dariyah 13713 Riyadh Saudi Arabia

Department of Soil Science Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan 60800 Pakistan

Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource College of Tropical Crops Hainan University Haikou 570228 China

Pesticide Residue Laboratory Kala Shah Kako 39020 Pakistan

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