PrefaceChapter 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
- References Chapter 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
About the Author: Dr. Girdhar Kumar Pandey, Assoc. ProfessorDelhi University South CampusDept. of Molecular BiologyBenito Juarez Road, Dhaula Kuan110021 New DelhiIndia
Swati Mahiwal, M.Sc.Delhi University South CampusDepartment of Plant Molecular BiologyBenito Juarez, Dhaula Kuan110021 New DelhiIndiaSwati271095@gmail.com
