Potassium: a neglected nutrient in global change

J Sardans, J Peñuelas - Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Potassium (K) is the second most abundant nutrient in plant photosynthetic tissues after
nitrogen (N). Thousands of physiological and metabolic studies in recent decades have …

Perspectives of potassium solubilizing microbes in sustainable food production system: A review

A Sattar, M Naveed, M Ali, ZA Zahir, SM Nadeem… - Applied soil ecology, 2019 - Elsevier
Potassium is a major essential plant nutrient that plays a pivotal role in plant physiological
and metabolic processes, and provides resistance against biotic and abiotic stresses. In …

Potassium control of plant functions: Ecological and agricultural implications

J Sardans, J Peñuelas - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Potassium, mostly as a cation (K+), together with calcium (Ca2+) are the most abundant
inorganic chemicals in plant cellular media, but they are rarely discussed. K+ is not a …

The bioelements, the elementome, and the biogeochemical niche

J Peñuelas, M Fernández‐Martínez, P Ciais, D Jou… - Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Every living creature on Earth is made of atoms of the various bioelements that are
harnessed in the construction of molecules, tissues, organisms, and communities, as we …

The role of plants in the effects of global change on nutrient availability and stoichiometry in the plant-soil system

J Sardans, J Peñuelas - Plant physiology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The impact on nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) cycles of human activity is a growing
concern and has several causes and consequences (MacDonald et al., 2011; Peñuelas et …

Plant-soil interactions in Mediterranean forest and shrublands: impacts of climatic change

J Sardans, J Peñuelas - Plant and soil, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background In the Mediterranean climate, plants have evolved under conditions of
low soil-water and nutrient availabilities and have acquired a series of adaptive traits that, in …

[HTML][HTML] Anthropogenic drivers of soil microbial communities and impacts on soil biological functions in agroecosystems

T Yang, N Lupwayi, SA Marc, KHM Siddique… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic interventions play a key role in promoting positive feedback of soil–plant–
environment interactions, but systematic reports on how anthropogenic activities influence …

Global changes alter plant multi‐element stoichiometric coupling

D Tian, PB Reich, HYH Chen, Y Xiang, Y Luo… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Plant stoichiometric coupling among all elements is fundamental to maintaining growth‐
related ecosystem functions. However, our understanding of nutrient balance in response to …

Identification and characterization of potassium solubilizing bacteria (KSB) from Indo-Gangetic Plains of India

M Saha, BR Maurya, VS Meena, I Bahadur… - Biocatalysis and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The present investigation comprises a total of fifty potassium solubilizing bacterial (KSB)
strains which were isolated from Oryza sativa, Musa paradisiaca, Zea mays, Sorghum …

Assessment of the impacts of climate change on Mediterranean terrestrial ecosystems based on data from field experiments and long-term monitored field gradients in …

J Peñuelas, J Sardans, I Filella, M Estiarte… - Environmental and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Climate change is increasing temperatures globally and drought in many regions. If climate
change continues at its current rate, the resilience of many ecosystems will likely be …