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

• Published in: Plant physiology and biochemistry Vol. 172; pp. 56 - 69
• Main Authors: Johnson, Riya, Vishwakarma, Kanchan, Hossen, Md. Shahadat, Kumar, Vinod, Shackira, A.M., Puthur, Jos T., Abdi, Gholamreza, Sarraf, Mohammad, Hasanuzzaman, Mirza
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: France Elsevier Masson SAS 01.02.2022
• Subjects: abiotic stress; Abiotic stress tolerance; Essential elements; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; growth and development; nitrogen; photosynthesis; Plant Development; plant growth; Plant growth regulation; Plants - metabolism; Potassium; Potassium - metabolism; Potassium in plants; Potassium signaling; reactive oxygen species; Signal Transduction; stomatal movement; stress tolerance; Stress, Physiological; water uptake; Potassium signaling; Essential elements; Abiotic stress tolerance; Plant growth regulation; Potassium in plants; Potassium

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 the control of various significant functions in plant advancement. Because of the importance index, K is rega...