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 …

[HTML][HTML] Functions of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in energy status and their influences on rice growth and development

MA Jiaying, C Tingting, L Jie, F Weimeng, F Baohua… - Rice Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) are important essential nutrients for
plant growth and development, but their functions in energy status remains unclear. Here …

Barley: a potential cereal for producing healthy and functional foods

L Geng, M Li, G Zhang, L Ye - Food Quality and Safety, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Barley is the fourth largest cereal crop in the world. It is mainly used for feeding, beer
production and food. Barley is receiving more attention from both agricultural and food …

Sodium transport in plants: a critical review

HJ Kronzucker, DT Britto - New Phytologist, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Sodium (Na) toxicity is one of the most formidable challenges for crop production world‐
wide. Nevertheless, despite decades of intensive research, the pathways of Na+ entry into …

Potassium deficiency in plants: effects and signaling cascades

C Hafsi, A Debez, C Abdelly - Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2014 - Springer
Potassium (K+) is an important macronutrient for plant growth and productivity. It fulfills
important functions and it is widely included in fertilization management strategies to …

[HTML][HTML] RNA G-quadruplex structures exist and function in vivo in plants

X Yang, J Cheema, Y Zhang, H Deng, S Duncan… - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
Background Guanine-rich sequences are able to form complex RNA structures termed RNA
G-quadruplexes in vitro. Because of their high stability, RNA G-quadruplexes are proposed …

Potassium–sodium interactions in soil and plant under saline‐sodic conditions

A Wakeel - Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
About 7% of the total land around the globe is salt‐affected causing a great loss to
agriculture. Salt stress refers to the excessive amount of soluble salts in the root zone which …

K+ uptake in plant roots. The systems involved, their regulation and parallels in other organisms

M Nieves-Cordones, F Alemán, V Martínez… - Journal of plant …, 2014 - Elsevier
Potassium (K+) is an essential macronutrient for plants. It is taken into the plant by the
transport systems present in the plasma membranes of root epidermal and cortical cells. The …

Mechanisms of sodium uptake by roots of higher plants

JL Zhang, TJ Flowers, SM Wang - Plant and soil, 2010 - Springer
The negative impact of soil salinity on agricultural yields is significant. For agricultural plants,
sensitivity to salinity is commonly (but not exclusively) due to the abundance of Na+ in the …

Moving cationic minerals to edible tissues: potassium, magnesium, calcium

AJ Karley, PJ White - Current opinion in plant biology, 2009 - Elsevier
The principal dietary source to humans of the essential cationic mineral elements potassium,
magnesium and calcium is through edible plants. The accumulation of these elements in …