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- Although not essential for most plants, sodium (Na +) can be beneficial to plants in many conditions, particularly when potassium (K +) is deficient. As such it can be regarded a ‘non-essential’ or ‘functional’ nutrient.
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Oct 22, 2013 · Although not essential for most plants, sodium (Na +) can be beneficial to plants in many conditions, particularly when potassium (K +) is deficient. As such it can be regarded a ‘non-essential’ or ‘functional’ nutrient.
- Frans J. M. Maathuis
- 2014
Sep 23, 2021 · With increasing sodium, plants have been shown to decrease biomass accumulation; increase osmotic, oxidative, and ionic stress responses; and arrest growth due to changes in cellular biochemistry (Maathuis, 2014; Zhao et al., 2020).
- Luis Y. Santiago-Rosario, Kyle E. Harms, Bret D. Elderd, Pamela B. Hart, Maheshi Dassanayake
- 10.1002/ece3.8138
- 2021
- Ecol Evol. 2021 Oct; 11(20): 14231-14249.
Jun 22, 2013 · Sodium (Na +) is one of the most intensely researched ions in plant biology and has attained a reputation for its toxic qualities. Following the principle of Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (Paracelsus), Na + is, however, beneficial to many species at lower levels of supply, and in some, such as certain C4 species, indeed essential.
- Herbert J. Kronzucker, Devrim Coskun, Lasse M. Schulze, Jessie R. Wong, Dev T. Britto
- 2013
Jul 31, 2022 · Plants need water to support cell structure, for metabolic functions, to carry nutrients, and for photosynthesis. Plant cells need essential substances, collectively called nutrients, to sustain life. Plant nutrients may be composed of either organic or inorganic compounds.
- Major Elements
- Phosphorous
- Trace Minerals
Do you own any plant fertilizer? Then you’ll recognize the N-P-K ratio, which is usually listed right on the front of the package as something like 1-1-1 or 20-30-20. Captain “N” for nitrogen is the leader of the gang, but phosphorous (P) and potassium (K) are also important. These three are the main nutrients that all plants need to grow and thriv...
The second player in N-P-K land is phosphorous. It’s Nitrogen’s counterpart in that it assists with amino acid conversion. Furthermore, it’s a major component of the enzymes that metabolize sunlight into carbohydrates. Phosphorous is one of the most important nutrients for root vegetables. This is because it initiates germination and stimulates roo...
Trace minerals are the types of minerals that plants need in smaller amounts. But that doesn’t mean that just because plants don’t need a lot these minerals aren’t important.
- Catherine Winter
Jan 1, 1980 · The chapter describes a brief history of the understanding of sodium as a nutrient element for plants. The methods for obtaining sodium-free conditions are also discussed along with its known physiological effects.
Oct 22, 2013 · In this review we will introduce salt stress responses in plants and summarize the current knowledge about the most important ion transporters that facilitate intra- and intercellular K+ and Na+ homeostasis in these organisms.
