Potassium in plants: Growth regulation, signaling, and environmental stress tolerance

R Johnson, K Vishwakarma, MS Hossen… - Plant Physiology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Potassium (K) is an essential element for the growth and development of plants; however, its
scarcity or excessive level leads to distortion of numerous functions in plants. It takes part in …

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 …

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and potassium (K+) synergistically induce drought stress tolerance through regulation of H+-ATPase activity, sugar metabolism, and …

MH Siddiqui, MN Khan, S Mukherjee, S Alamri… - Plant Cell Reports, 2021 - Springer
Key message Exogenous potassium (K+) and endogenous hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S)
synergistically alleviate drought stress through regulating H+-ATPase activity, sugar …

Potassium application improves grain yield and alleviates drought susceptibility in diverse maize hybrids

S Ul-Allah, M Ijaz, A Nawaz, A Sattar, A Sher, M Naeem… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Maize (Zea mays L.) is an important component of global food security but its production is
threatened by abiotic stresses in climate change scenarios, especially drought stress. Many …

Regulation of agronomic traits, nutrient uptake, osmolytes and antioxidants of maize as influenced by exogenous potassium silicate under deficit irrigation and …

MFM Ibrahim, G Abd El-Samad, H Ashour, AM El-Sawy… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Understanding the link between the protective role of potassium silicate (K2SiO3) against
water shortage and the eventual grain yield of maize plants is still limited under semiarid …

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) biochemical properties and seed components affected by potassium fertilization under drought conditions

S Zamani, MR Naderi, A Soleymani… - … and environmental safety, 2020 - Elsevier
The seed yield and healthy oil in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.), as an important
industrial crop, decrease under stress. There is not much investigation, to our knowledge, on …

Role of potassium in plant photosynthesis, transport, growth and yield

J Rawat, N Pandey, J Saxena - Role of potassium in abiotic stress, 2022 - Springer
Potassium (K) is the most abundant element next to nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) which
is largely required by the plants. It is involved in many physiological processes such as …

Potassium transporter KUP9 regulates plant response to K+ deficiency and affects carbohydrate allocation in A. thaliana

M Šustr, H Konrádová, M Martinčová, A Soukup… - Journal of plant …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the essential roles of K+ in plants, its up to 10% share in plant dry matter, and its
mostly low availability in soil, effective potassium management poses a significant challenge …

Foliar-applied potassium triggers soil potassium uptake by improving growth and photosynthetic activity of wheat and maize

M Ishfaq, A Kiran, A Wakeel, M Tayyab… - Journal of Plant …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Foliar fertilization is an important agricultural practice. How crop plants considerably
response to small amounts of foliar-applied minerals is not fully understood. In this study, we …

The combination of nanotechnology and potassium: applications in agriculture

Q Wang, C Shan, P Zhang, W Zhao, G Zhu… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Potassium fertilizer is indispensable for ensuring crop production, which in turn supports
global food supply and safe farming practices. Potassium resources are primarily located in …