Molecular mechanisms of potassium and sodium uptake in plants

P Mäser, M Gierth, JI Schroeder - … in Plant Nutrition: Plenary Lectures of …, 2002 - Springer
Potassium (K+) is an essential nutrient and the most abundant cation in plants, whereas the
closely related ion sodium (Na+) is toxic to most plants at high millimolar concentrations. K+ …

Coordinated transport of nitrate, potassium, and sodium

N Raddatz, L Morales de los Ríos, M Lindahl… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Potassium (K+) and nitrogen (N) are essential nutrients, and their absorption and distribution
within the plant must be coordinated for optimal growth and development. Potassium is …

Potassium dependency of enzymes in plant primary metabolism

J Cui, G Tcherkez - Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Potassium is a macroelement essential to many aspects of plant life, such as
photosynthesis, phloem transport or cellular electrochemistry. Many enzymes in animals or …

Roles and transport of sodium and potassium in plants

M Nieves-Cordones, FR Al Shiblawi… - The alkali metal ions …, 2016 - Springer
The two alkali cations Na+ and K+ have similar relative abundances in the earth crust but
display very different distributions in the biosphere. In all living organisms, K+ is the major …

Plant sensing and signaling in response to K+-deficiency

Y Wang, WH Wu - Molecular plant, 2010 - cell.com
Potassium (K+) is one of the essential macronutrients for plant growth and development.
However, K+ content in soils is usually limited so that the crop yields are restricted. Plants …

Difference in root K+ retention ability and reduced sensitivity of K+-permeable channels to reactive oxygen species confer differential salt tolerance in three Brassica …

K Chakraborty, J Bose, L Shabala… - Journal of Experimental …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Brassica species are known to possess significant inter and intraspecies variability in salinity
stress tolerance, but the cell-specific mechanisms conferring this difference remain elusive …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies for improving potassium use efficiency in plants

R Shin - Molecules and cells, 2014 - Elsevier
Potassium is a macronutrient that is crucial for healthy plant growth. Potassium availability,
however, is often limited in agricultural fields and thus crop yields and quality are reduced …

The effect of potassium nutrition on pest and disease resistance in plants

A Amtmann, S Troufflard… - Physiologia plantarum, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Providing a fast growing world population with sufficient food while preserving ecological
and energy resources of our planet is one of the biggest challenges in this century …

The physiology of potassium in crop production

DM Oosterhuis, DA Loka, EM Kawakami… - Advances in …, 2014 - Elsevier
Potassium (K) plays a major role in the basic functions of plant growth and development. In
addition, K is also involved in numerous physiological functions related to plant health and …

Transport and homeostasis of potassium and phosphate: limiting factors for sustainable crop production

M Luan, R Tang, Y Tang, W Tian, C Hou… - Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Potassium (K) and phosphate (Pi) are both macronutrients essential for plant growth and
crop production, but the unrenewable resources of phosphorus rock and potash have …