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Extensive studies on K implying its importance for agriculture have significantly contributed to understanding the role of K at broader level. Reports have emerged claiming its role in biotic stress tolerance. Another layer of information that needs further experimental evidences suggests a signaling role of K+, which needs to be revisited in order to qualify K+ as a second messenger. The limitation that contradicts its role as a second messenger has been discussed in this chapter.
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Pandey, G.K., Mahiwal, S. (2020). Emerging Roles of Potassium in Plants. In: Role of Potassium in Plants. SpringerBriefs in Plant Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45953-6_9
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