When exposed to salt, every plant takes up Na+ from the environment. Once in the symplast,
Na+ is distributed within cells and between different tissues and organs. There it can help to …

Soil and water salinity substantially constrain crop and biomass production. Research over
the last two plus decades, facilitated by advances in molecular genetics and biotechnology …

Caesium (Cs+) is a potentially toxic mineral element that is released into the environment
and taken up by plants. Although Cs+ is chemically similar to potassium (K+), and much is …

To avoid loss of yield, crops must maintain tissue potassium (K) concentrations above 5–40
mg K (g DM)–1. The supply of K from the soil is often insufficient to meet this demand and, in …

Potassium (K+) is the most important cationic nutrient for all living organisms and has roles
in most aspects of plant physiology. To assess the impact of one of the main K+ uptake …

It has been suggested that the role of compatible solutes in plant stress responses is not
limited to conventional osmotic adjustment, but also includes some other regulatory or …

Intensive fertilizer usage of KCl has been inculcated as a prerequisite for maximizing crop
yield and quality, and relies on a soil test for exchangeable K in the plow layer to ensure that …

Salt sensitive (pea) and salt tolerant (barley) species were used to understand the
physiological basis of differential salinity tolerance in crops. Pea plants were much more …

Potassium is one of the principle plant nutrients underpinning crop yield production and
quality determination. While involved in many physiological processes, potassium's impact …

Highlights•Potassium (K) nutrition assures crop yield, quality and tolerance.•Deficiency in K
has become a limitation for the development of agriculture.•Genetic improvement of crop K …