Regulation of K+ Nutrition in Plants

P Ragel, N Raddatz, EO Leidi, FJ Quintero… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Modern agriculture relies on mineral fertilization. Unlike other major macronutrients,
potassium (K+) is not incorporated into organic matter but remains as soluble ion in the cell …

Potassium in root growth and development

M Sustr, A Soukup, E Tylova - Plants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Potassium is an essential macronutrient that has been partly overshadowed in root science
by nitrogen and phosphorus. The current boom in potassium-related studies coincides with …

Loss of salt tolerance during tomato domestication conferred by variation in a Na+/K+ transporter

Z Wang, Y Hong, G Zhu, Y Li, Q Niu, J Yao… - The EMBO …, 2020 - embopress.org
Domestication has resulted in reduced salt tolerance in tomato. To identify the genetic
components causing this deficiency, we performed a genome‐wide association study …

Production of low‐Cs+ rice plants by inactivation of the K+ transporter OsHAK1 with the CRISPR‐Cas system

M Nieves‐Cordones, S Mohamed, K Tanoi… - The Plant …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The occurrence of radiocesium in food has raised sharp health concerns after nuclear
accidents. Despite being present at low concentrations in contaminated soils (below μm) …

Plant HAK/KUP/KT K+ transporters: function and regulation

W Li, G Xu, A Alli, L Yu - Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The HAK/KUP/KT family of potassium (K+) transporters belongs to the amino acid-
polyamine-organocation (APC) superfamily of carriers for secondary active transport and …

Comparison between Arabidopsis and Rice for Main Pathways of K+ and Na+ Uptake by Roots

M Nieves-Cordones, V Martínez, B Benito… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
K+ is an essential macronutrient for plants. It is acquired by specific uptake systems located
in roots. Although the concentrations of K+ in the soil solution are widely variable, K+ …

Genome‐wide association studies to identify rice salt‐tolerance markers

J Patishtan, TN Hartley… - Plant, cell & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Salinity is an ever increasing menace that affects agriculture worldwide. Crops such as rice
are salt sensitive, but its degree of susceptibility varies widely between cultivars pointing to …

Rice OsHAK16 functions in potassium uptake and translocation in shoot, maintaining potassium homeostasis and salt tolerance

H Feng, Q Tang, J Cai, B Xu, G Xu, L Yu - Planta, 2019 - Springer
Main conclusion OsHAK16 mediates K uptake and root-to-shoot translocation in a broad
range of external K concentrations, thereby contributing to the maintenance of K …

Root bacterial endophytes confer drought resistance and enhance expression and activity of a vacuolar H+‐pumping pyrophosphatase in pepper plants

G Vigani, E Rolli, R Marasco, M Dell'Orto… - Environmental …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
It has been previously shown that the transgenic overexpression of the plant root vacuolar
proton pumps H+‐ATPase (V‐ATPase) and H+‐PPase (V‐PPase) confer tolerance to …

The potassium transporter SlHAK10 is involved in mycorrhizal potassium uptake

J Liu, J Liu, J Liu, M Cui, Y Huang, Y Tian… - Plant …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Most terrestrial plants form a root symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, which
receive fixed carbon from the plant and enhance the plant's uptake of mineral nutrients. AM …