Role of Potassium in Plants Paperback / softback
by Girdhar K. Pandey, Swati Mahiwal
Part of the SpringerBriefs in Plant Science series
Paperback / softback
Description
Potassium (K+) is an essential mineral macronutrient abundantly present in the cytosol which, unlike other macronutrients, is not metabolized and does not integrate into macromolecules.
Compared to animal cells, K+ is more abundantly present in plant cells.
Overall performance of the plant, and operation of metabolic machinery depends upon intracellular K+ homeostasis (K+ uptake and efflux) via K+ channels and transporters acting as mediators of cellular responses during plant development.
Unlike animals, plants lack sodium/K+ exchangers; plant cells have developed unique transport systems for K+ accumulation and release.
In Arabidopsis thaliana, 71 K+ channels and transporters have been identified and categorized into six families.
Plant adaptive responses to several abiotic and biotic stresses are mediated by regulation of intracellular K+ homeostasis.
In this report, we highlight the role of K+ in abiotic and biotic stresses, features of channels and transporters responsible for its homeostasis along with its evolutionary relationship, perception and sensing mechanisms, and K+ deficiency triggering different signaling cascades.
Overall, this book covers the role of K+ in plants would be significantly helpful to research, academic community as well as students to understand the one of the major attributes of plant biology.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:81 pages, 12 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 81 p. 13 illus., 12 illus.
- Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- Publication Date:16/06/2020
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- ISBN:9783030459529
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:81 pages, 12 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 81 p. 13 illus., 12 illus.
- Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- Publication Date:16/06/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9783030459529
