Potassium: a neglected nutrient in global change

J Sardans, J Peñuelas - Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Potassium (K) is the second most abundant nutrient in plant photosynthetic tissues after
nitrogen (N). Thousands of physiological and metabolic studies in recent decades have …

Improving agricultural water use efficiency by nutrient management in crop plants

EA Waraich, R Ahmad, MY Ashraf… - … , Section B-Soil & …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Improvement of agricultural water use efficiency is of major concern with drought problems
being one of the most important factors limiting grain production worldwide. Effective …

Drought tolerance: role of organic osmolytes, growth regulators, and mineral nutrients

MA Ahanger, SR Tyagi, MR Wani, P Ahmad - … Mechanisms and Adaptation …, 2013 - Springer
Plants are continuously exposed to various environmental stresses, which cause alteration
in every physiological and biochemical pathway. Plants have evolved several mechanisms …

Improving water productivity of wheat-based cropping systems in South Asia for sustained productivity

SS Kukal, ML Jat, HS Sidhu - Advances in agronomy, 2014 - Elsevier
Serious water deficits are threatening agricultural sustainability in many regions of the South
Asia (SA). While the increase in crop production of irrigated rice–wheat system in SA has …

Potassium application mitigates salt stress differentially at different growth stages in tolerant and sensitive maize hybrids

GH Abbasi, J Akhtar, R Ahmad, M Jamil… - Plant growth …, 2015 - Springer
A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the role of potassium (K) in extenuating the
injurious effect of salt stress on maize hybrids differing in salt tolerance at different growth …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of potassium rates and types on growth, leaf gas exchange and biochemical changes in rice (Oryza sativa) planted under cyclic water stress

NAM Zain, MR Ismail - Agricultural Water Management, 2016 - Elsevier
Three levels of potassium rates [80 kg K 2 O ha− 1, 120 kg K 2 O ha− 1 and 160 kg K 2 O
ha− 1) and two types potassium (KCl and K 2 SO 4) on rice under cyclic water stress 15 days …

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 …

Altitudinal patterns of leaf stoichiometry and nutrient resorption in Quercus variabilis in the Baotianman Mountains, China

B Du, H Ji, C Peng, X Liu, C Liu - Plant and Soil, 2017 - Springer
Background Most studies focus on macronutrient of C, N and P and ignore other elements,
which restrict our understanding on the strategy of plant nutrient adaption and nutrient …

[PDF][PDF] Potassium and abiotic stresses in plants

S Kant, U Kafkafi, N Pasricha, S Bansal - Potassium for sustainable …, 2002 - academia.edu
Potassium is the cation present in the plants in concentrations ranging from 50–150 mM in
the liquid parts, the cytoplasm and the vacuole (Leigh and Wyn Jones, 1984). The …

[PDF][PDF] Exogenous potassium differentially mitigates salt stress in tolerant and sensitive maize hybrids

GH Abbasi, J Akhtar, M Anwar-ul-Haq, S Ali… - Pakistan Journal of …, 2014 - mail.pakbs.org
A hydroponic experiment was conducted to investigate the role of potassium (K) in
extenuating the injurious effect of salt stress on maize hybrids differing in salt tolerance. Two …