Chapter 1. Introduction: Overview of Role of potassium
- Potassium as a nutrient
- Potassium: major intracellular ion
- Potassium as an osmoticum
- Potassium as a signalling molecule
- Importance of potassium in agriculture
- ReferencesChapter 2: Potassium Homeostasis
- Introduction- General overview of potassium Homeostasis
- Potassium uptake and transport system
- Potassium homeostasis in plants and its regulation
- References
Chapter 3: Potassium uptake and transport system in plants
- Introduction
- Potassium channels and transporters families
- Characteristics of potassium channels and transporters
- Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of potassium transporters
- Cellular and subcellular localization
- References
Chapter 4: Sequence, structure and domain analysis of potassium channels and transporters
- Introduction
- Sequence, domain architecture and conserved domains
- Evolutionary relationship of potassium channels and transporters in plants- References
Chapter 5: Potassium in plant growth and development
- Introduction
- Potassium in vegetative growth, shoot growth
- Potassium in grain filling
- Potassium in opening and closing of stomata- References
Chapter 6: Potassium in abiotic stress
- Introduction
- Potassium in drought and waterlogging stress
- Potassium in Low-temperature stress- Potassium in salt stress
- References
Chapter 7: Potassium deficiency: A stress signal
- Introduction
- Overview of potassium deficiency in plants
- Symptoms of potassium deficiency
- Potassium deficiency: a stress signal
- References
Chapter 8: Potassium perception and sensing
- Introduction
- Overview of potassium perception and sensing