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| Title |
The role of mycorrhizal associations in plant potassium nutrition
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Plant Science, July 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpls.2014.00337 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kevin Garcia, Sabine D. Zimmermann |
| Abstract |
Potassium (K(+)) is one of the most abundant elements of soil composition but it's very low availability limits plant growth and productivity of ecosystems. Because this cation participates in many biological processes, its constitutive uptake from soil solution is crucial for the plant cell machinery. Thus, the understanding of strategies responsible of K(+) nutrition is a major issue in plant science. Mycorrhizal associations occurring between roots and hyphae of underground fungi improve hydro-mineral nutrition of the majority of terrestrial plants. The contribution of this mutualistic symbiosis to the enhancement of plant K(+) nutrition is not well understood and poorly studied so far. This mini-review examines the current knowledge about the impact of both arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal symbioses on the transfer of K(+) from the soil to the plants. A model summarizing plant and fungal transport systems identified and hypothetically involved in K(+) transport is proposed. In addition, some data related to benefits for plants provided by the improvement of K(+) nutrition thanks to mycorrhizal symbioses are presented. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 21 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 3 | 14% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 10% |
| France | 2 | 10% |
| Spain | 2 | 10% |
| India | 1 | 5% |
| Ecuador | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 8 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 17 | 81% |
| Scientists | 4 | 19% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 259 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 253 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 60 | 23% |
| Researcher | 35 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 24 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 22 | 8% |
| Other | 43 | 17% |
| Unknown | 50 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 147 | 57% |
| Environmental Science | 24 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 13 | 5% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 3 | 1% |
| Computer Science | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 11 | 4% |
| Unknown | 59 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 27. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 January 2022.
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#1,333,100
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Outputs from Frontiers in Plant Science
#410
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#12,168
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Plant Science
#4
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