Improving Potassium Recommendations for Agricultural Crops

This open access book highlights concepts discussed at two international conferences that brought together world—renowned scientists to advance the science of potassium (K) recommendations for crops. There was general agreement that the potassium recommendations currently in general use are oversimplified, outdated, and jeopardize soil, plant, and human health.

Accordingly, this book puts forward a significantly expanded K cycle that more accurately depicts K inputs, losses and transformat...