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creators_name: Saxena, N P
icrisatcreators_name: Saxena, N P
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
country: India
title: The role of potassium in drought tolerance
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.5
full_text_status: restricted
pres_type: paper
abstract: Water stress effect9 are severe in semi.arid enr!rgrqen:s vrhere drought5 are
unpred~ctablea nd cause ins:ab,lin, in 'produclmn Eltons are be~ngm ade :c ,mprove
drought tolerance by plant breeding but 11 will be some rime before a wl.
ution is found.
Studies of the role of potassium in water uptake and the regulation of 11s loss
through stomata1 control In controlled e&pertmenls and f~sldo tud~eso f veld
response to potassium in limiting soil water e~viroirrentsin dicate that it ray
improve water relationsof plants and water use etfic~encya nd maintain y~eldsu n.
der water strw. Funher study is needed of the effects of potassium in relation to
drought in field experiments under diverse agroclimatic conditions on roils de.
ficirnt and suffic~enti n potassium. Attention should be paid to the econorrics ol
potassium reyMnse under drought conditions
date: 1985
date_type: published
publication: Potash Review
number: 5
publisher: International Potash Institute
pagerange: 1-15
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Saxena, N P  (1985) The role of potassium in drought tolerance.  Potash Review (5).  pp. 1-15.      
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