Optimistic contributions of plant growth-promoting bacteria for sustainable agriculture and climate stress alleviation

M Cao, M Narayanan, X Shi, X Chen, Z Li, Y Ma - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Global climate change is the major cause of abiotic and biotic stresses that have adverse
effects on agricultural productivity to an irreversible level, thus threatening to limit gains in …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of potassium fertilization in sandy soil on the content of essential nutrients in soybean leaves

MR Volf, W Batista-Silva, AD Silvério… - Annals of Agricultural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Among the plant nutrients, potassium (K) plays a fundamental role in plant physiology and
the soil-plant dynamics of various nutrients. Careful rate recommendations for K are needed …

Effects of silage crops between crop seasons on soybean grain yield and soil fertility in tropical sandy soils

MD Rebonatti, CF dos Santos Cordeiro, MR Volf… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soybean production in sandy soils under the recovery process presents risks that can be
mitigated by growing crops between crop seasons, focused on silage production, which can …

Potassium Availability in Tropical Sandy Soils and Cassava Response to Three-Year K Fertilization

P Padsuwan, S Thanachit… - Communications in Soil …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Potassium (K) is the primary limiting nutrient for cassava, being essential to achieve
sustainably satisfactory cassava yields in low K reserve sandy soils that require proper K …

[HTML][HTML] Synergetic Effect of Potassium, Biochar and Cattle Manure on the Growth and Yield of Maize, and Soil Physio-Chemical Characteristics

Z Shao, X Zhang, J Nasar, H Gitari - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
Biochar (BC) and cattle manure (CM) are carbon-nutrient-rich organic substances and have
long been used to improve crop yield and soil fertility. Nevertheless, their combined effect …

Soil mineralogy and K reserves in soils from the Araguaia River valley, Brazil

MR Volf, VM Benites, AC Azevedo, MF Moraes… - Geoderma …, 2023 - Elsevier
In humid tropical regions, intense weathering extensively depletes soil nutrients. However,
soils in the Araguaia River Valley, Brazil, are not responsive to potassium (K) fertilization. To …

The Impact Ground Phonolite Rock's Potassium Solubilization in Tropical Soil Depends on the Cultivated Forage Species

AR da Rocha Neto, R de Mello Prado, MCP da Cruz - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
Cover crops can be used to accelerate the solubilization process of low-solubility fertilizers;
thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the potential of grasses in solubilizing potassium …

Ruzigrass as cover crop improves the potassium partial balance and use by subsequent cotton

FR Echer, MR Volf, VJS Peres, JA Hafemann… - Nutrient Cycling in …, 2023 - Springer
In soil, potassium (K) is present as structural K, non-exchangeable K (Kne) and
exchangeable K (Ke). Exchangeable K is considered available to plants, but exudates from …

Combining Vermicompost with Inorganic Fertilizers Improved Rice Yield and Affected Potassium Pools under Rice-Based Cropping Systems in Inceptisols

S Kumari, R Kumari, R Kumar, A Kohli… - Compost Science & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Integrated use of inorganic fertilizer and organic manure restores soil quality and increases
crop productivity. Potassium (K) pools are also affected in soil due to the rate and sources of …

Comparison of soil analytical methods for estimating plant-available potassium in highly weathered soils

M Cheng, R Bell, J Brown, Q Ma, C Scanlan - Soil Research, 2023 - CSIRO Publishing
Context The NaHCO3-extractable soil K test (Colwell K) is the most frequently used method
for soil K across Australia, but there is still uncertainty about the suitability of K testing …