Boron (B) is an essential micronutrient in crop growth but its sufficiency range is narrow . Boron toxicity is a widespread problem in arid and semi-arid areas with cold weather . We investigated the effect of soil temperature (5, 10 and 15°C) on development of symptoms of B toxicity, plant growth and plant development, and on content and concentration of B in tissue of seedlings of four barley lines grown in soil with high level of available B (12 mg kg -1 ) . Visual symptoms of toxicity were first observed in the high B soil concentration treatment at 5 °C at 12 days after emergence . Concentration of B in tissue decreased with increasing soil-temperatures . There was no effect of soil temperature on B content or B concentration in plant tissue at the final sample (17 days after emergence) . High soil B reduced seedling and leaf emergence rates, although the final seedling emergence and number of leaves were unaffected. Barley lines differed in concentration of B in tissues and visual toxicity symptom development . Adaptation to high B was either through maintaining low tissue B concentration or through tolerance to high tissue B concentration . While the investigated range of temperature does influence B toxicity in barley seedlings, it remains to be determined whether it affects crop yield .