Potassium (K) is essential for plant growth and vital for soil health. However, despite high
crop demand, K fertilization continues to be ignored or severely inadequate in Indian …

Soils are the product of the activities of plants, which supply organic matter and play a
pivotal role in weathering rocks and minerals. Many plant species have a distinct ecological …

The conventional 1 M NH4OAc‐exchangeable potassium (K+) soil test is inadequate in soils
where nonexchangeable K+ contributes significantly to crop nutrition. Studies were …

Particles from channelled emissions of a battery recycling facility were size-segregated and
investigated to correlate their speciation and morphology with their transfer towards lettuce …

The rhizosphere is the soil zone adjacent to plant roots which is physically, chemically, and
biologically different from bulk or non-rhizosphere soil. Adaptative mechanisms of plants …

This work aimed at defining the optimal conditions for a novel ecotoxicological test designed
for evaluating the bioavailability and phytotoxicity of metals to plants. This biotest, which …

The Role of Plant Roots in Crop Production presents the state of knowledge on
environmental factors in root growth and development and their effect on the improvement of …

Purpose At the global scale, soil contamination with persistent metals such as lead (Pb), zinc
(Zn), and copper (Cu) induces a serious threat of entering the human food chain. In the …

Soil potassium (K) has traditionally been portrayed as residing in four functional pools:
solution K, exchangeable K, interlayer (sometimes referred to as “fixed” or …

In calcareous soils the dynamics of phosphorus is controlled by calcite and iron oxides such
as goethite which strongly retain P and consequently maintain low P concentrations in soil …