It is not all about sodium: revealing tissue specificity and signalling roles of potassium in plant responses to salt stress

• Published in: Plant and soil Vol. 431; no. 1/2; pp. 1 - 17
• Main Authors: Wu, Honghong, Zhang, Xianchen, Giraldo, Juan Pablo, Shabala, Sergey
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer 01.10.2018; Springer International Publishing; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abiotic stress; Agricultural production; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Botanical research; calcium; Calcium ions; Calcium signalling; Cellular signal transduction; Cellular stress response; Ecology; Environmental aspects; Life Sciences; MARSCHNER REVIEW; phloem; Physiological aspects; Plant Physiology; plant response; Plant Sciences; Potassium; Potassium (Nutrient); production technology; roots; Salinity; Salinity effects; Salt; salt stress; Salt stress (Botany); Salt tolerance; shoots; Sodium; Sodium (Nutrient); Soil salinity; Soil Science & Conservation; stress response; stress tolerance; Stresses; tonoplast; Transport; transporters; vacuoles; Xylem; Cell- and tissue- specificity; Programmed cell death; Signalling; Potassium homeostasis; Potassium channels and transporters; Potassium retention

Background Salinity is a global issue threatening agricultural production systems across the globe. While the major focus of plant salinity stress tolerance research has been on sodium, the transport and physiological roles of K+ in plant salt stress response has received less attention. This review...