Role of Potassium in Abiotic Stress [E-Book]

Chapter 1. Role of Potassium in Plant Photosynthesis, Transport, Growth and Yield -- Chapter 2. Potassium Role in Plants Response to Abiotic Stresses. Chapter 3. Molecular Approaches to Potassium Uptake and Cellular Homeostasis in Plants under Abiotic Stress -- Chapter 4. Soil Potassium Availability and Role of Microorganisms in Influencing Potassium Availability to Plants -- Chapter 5. Crosstalk of Potassium and Phytohormones under Abiotic Stress -- Chapter 6. Potassium (K+) Regulation by Phytohormones under Abiotic Stress -- Chapter 7. Role of Potassium in Drought Adaptation: Insights into Physiological and Biochemical Characteristics of Plants -- Chapter 8. Role of Potassium in Heavy Metal Stress -- Chapter 9. Salt Stress Alleviation Strategies to Maintain K+ Homeostasis in Plants -- Chapter 10. Potassium ion Homeostasis, Signaling and Changes in Transcriptomes and Metabolomes Enduring Salinity Stress -- Chapter 11. Potassium: A Potent Modulator of Plant Responses under Changing Environment -- Chapter 12. An Overview of Potassium in Abiotic Stress: Emphasis on Potassium Transporters and Molecular Mechanism -- Chapter 13. Nitric Oxide Synthesis Affects Potassium and Nitrogen Homeostasis in Plants for Salt Tolerance.

This book on potassium in abiotic stress tolerance deals with the ongoing trend in increasing abiotic stresses and interlinked issues food security. As mineral nutrient potassium holds an important place in agriculture and is involved in various physiological and biochemical processes. It takes part in protein synthesis, carbohydrate metabolism, enzyme activation, cation-anion balance, osmoregulation, water movement, energy transfer, and regulates stomata and photosynthesis. Potassium plays an important role as abiotic stress buster. This book will deal with potassium relevance to plant functions and adaptations, range of its biological functions, role of potassium in abiotic stress tolerance, analyses of mechanisms responsible for perception and signal transduction of potassium under abiotic stress, critical evaluation of and cross-talks on nutrients and phytohormones signaling pathways under optimal and stressful conditions, and interaction of potassium with other nutrients for abiotic stress tolerance. This book will be of interest to teachers, researchers, scientists working on abiotic stresses. Also, the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, forestry, ecology, and environmental sciences. National and international agricultural scientists, policymakers will also find this to be a useful read.