Potassium influences on yield and quality production for maize, wheat, soybean and cotton

WT Pettigrew - Physiologia plantarum, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Potassium is one of the principle plant nutrients underpinning crop yield production and
quality determination. While involved in many physiological processes, potassium's impact …

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 …

Crops and genotypes differ in efficiency of potassium uptake and use

Z Rengel, PM Damon - Physiologia Plantarum, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Cultivars with increased efficiency of uptake and utilization of soil nutrients are likely to have
positive environmental effects through reduced usage of chemicals in agriculture. This …

Yield, quality and leaf senescence of cotton grown at varying planting dates and plant densities in the Yellow River Valley of China

H Dong, W Li, W Tang, Z Li, D Zhang, Y Niu - Field Crops Research, 2006 - Elsevier
Cotton is usually managed with a normal planting production system (NPPS) that involves
planting in mid-April at a moderate plant density (4.5 plants/m2) in the Yellow River Valley of …

Potassium and stress alleviation: Physiological functions and management of cotton

DM Oosterhuis, DA Loka… - Journal of plant nutrition …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Impact of climate change on crop nutrient and water use efficiencies

SM Brouder, JJ Volenec - Physiologia Plantarum, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Implicit in discussions of plant nutrition and climate change is the assumption that we know
what to do relative to nutrient management here and now but that these strategies might not …

Potassium (K) supply affects K accumulation and photosynthetic physiology in two cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivars with different K sensitivities

W Hu, N Jiang, J Yang, Y Meng, Y Wang, B Chen… - Field Crops …, 2016 - Elsevier
A two-year field experiment was established to investigate the differences in the process of
potassium (K) accumulation and photosynthetic physiology of functional leaves of two cotton …

Root growth and activity

PJ Gregory - Physiology and determination of crop yield, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter describes the size and shape of the root systems of crops, outlines the genetic
and environmental factors that influence root growth and activity, and demonstrates how the …

Premature senescence of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)–Predominantly a potassium disorder caused by an imbalance of source and sink

PR Wright - Plant and soil, 1999 - Springer
Premature senescence has been occurring with increasing frequency in Australian cotton
crops. The work reported in this paper was carried out to characterise the symptoms of the …

Relationships between insufficient potassium and crop maturity in cotton

WT Pettigrew - Agronomy Journal, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Potassium deficiency in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) depresses yield by decreasing late
season growth and is reportedly more harmful to early maturing cotton genotypes. Research …