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General Crops

Molecular Biology of Cation Transport in Plants - Tama Christine Fox and Mary Lou Guerinot, Dartmouth College
Molecular Mechanisms and Regulation of K + Transport in Higher Plants - Anne-Ali´enor V´ery and Herv´e Sentenac, Biochimie et Physiologie Mol´eculaires des Plantes
Cadmium Availability from Granulated and Bulk-Blended
Phosphate-Potassium Fertilizers - S. H. Chien,* G. Carmona, L. I. Prochnow, and E. R. Austin, Crop Science, Vol. 40, May-June 2000
Phosphorous and Potassium Fertilizer Recommendation Variability for Two Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain Fields - C. M. Anderson-Cook,* M. M. Alley, Robert Noble, and R. Khosla, Soil Science Society of America Journal
Evaluating the Potential for Site-Specific Phosphorus Applications Without High-Density Soil Sampling - John P. Schmidt,* Randal K. Taylor, and George A. Milliken

Alfalfa

Potassium Fertilization Effects on Alfalfa in a Mediterranean Climate - Jaime Lloveras,* Javier Ferran, Jaime Boixadera, and Jordi Bonet, Agronomy Journal, Vol. 93, January-February 2001
Field Use of an Ion-Specific Electrode to Measure the Potassium Concentration in Alfalfa - R. L. Kallenbach, Crop Science, Vol. 40, May-June 2000
Seasonal Changes in Nonstructural Carbohydrates, Protein, and Macronutrients in Roots of Alfalfa, Red Clover, Sweetciover, and Birdsfoot Trefoil - Rong Li, J. J. Volenec,* B. C. Joern, and S. M. Cunningham, Crop Science, Vol. 36 , May-June 1996

Corn

Potassium Placement and Tillage System Effects on Corn Response following Long-Term No Till - Tony J. Vyn and Ken J. Janovicek, Agronomy Journal
Establishing the Value of the Phosphorus and Potassium Contained in Poultry Litter for a No-Till Corn and Soybean Rotation - J. H. Grove, University of Kentucky
Deep and Shallow Banding of Phosphorus and Potassium as Alternatives to Broadcast Fertilization for No-Till Corn -
Jose´ M. Bordoli and Antonio P. Mallarino, Agronomy Journal, Vol. 90, January-February 1998
Phosphorus and Potassium Placement Effects on Early Growth and Nutrient Uptake of No-Till Corn and Relationships with Grain Yield - Antonio P. Mallarino,* Jose´ M. Bordoli, and Rogerio Borges, Agronomy Journal, Vol. 91, January-February 1999
Potassium Placement and Tillage System Effects on Corn Response following Long-Term No Till Tony J. Vyn* and Ken J. Janovicek, Agronomy Journal, Vol. 93, May-June 2001
Residual Effects of Potassium Placement and Tillage Systems for Corn on Subsequent No-Till Soybean - Xinhua Yin and Tony J. Vyn, Agronomy Journal, Vol. 94, September-October 2002
Deep Banding Phosphorus and Potassium Fertilizers for Corn Managed with Ridge Tillage - Rogerio Borges and Antonio P. Mallarino, Soil Science Society of America Journal
Corn response to potassium placement in conservation tillage - Vyn, T.J., A.M. Galic and K.J. Janovicek, Elsevier
Trends in maize grain yields in a long-term fertilizer trial - P. C. Nela, R. O. Barnarda, R. E. Steynberga, J. M. de Beera and H. T. Groeneveldb, Department of Plant Production and Soil Science, University of Pretoria Pretoria 0002 South Africa and Department of Statistics, University of Pretoria Pretoria South Africa

Cotton

Potassium Deficiency Increases Specific Leaf Weights and Leaf Glucose Levels in Field-Grown Cotton - William T. Pettigrew, American Society of Agronomy
Potassium Effects on Canopy Light Interception and Earliness of No-Tillage Cotton - C. Owen Gwathmey* and Donald D. Howard,Agronomy Journal, Vol. 90, March-April 1998
Foliar Feeding of Cotton: Evaluating Potassium Sources,
Potassium Solution Buffering, and Boron - Donald D. Howard,* C. Owen Gwathmey, and Carl E. Sams, Agronomy Journal, Vol. 90, November-December 1998
Vertical Phosphorus and Potassium Stratification in No-Till Cotton Soils - Donald D. Howard, Michael E. Essington,* and Donald D. Tyler, Agronomy Journal, Vol. 91, March-April 1999
Relationships between Insufficient Potassium and Crop Maturity in Cotton W. T. Pettigrew, Agronomy Journal, Vol. 95, September-October 2003
Different planting date and potassium fertility effects on cotton yield and fiber properties in the Çukurova region, Turkey -O. Gormus, and C. Yucel, Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Çukurova, 01330, Adana, Turkey
Dependency of Cotton Leaf Nitrogen, Chlorophyll, and Reflectance on Nitrogen and Potassium Availability - Jennifer L. Fridgen and Jac J. Varco*

Forages

Nutrient Uptake in Plant Parts of Sixteen Forages Fertilized with Poultry Litter: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Copper, and Zinc - Gary A. Pederson,* Geoffrey E. Brink, and Timothy E. Fairbrother, Agronomy Journal, Vol. 94, July-August 2002
Spatial Distribution of Extractable Phosphorus, Potassium, and Magnesium as Influenced by Fertilizer and Tall Fescue Endophyte Status - Harry H. Schomberg,* John A. Stuedemann, Alan J. Franzluebbers, and Stanley R. Wilkinson
Nutrient Uptake in Plant Parts of Sixteen Forages Fertilized with Poultry Litter: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Copper, and Zinc - Gary A. Pederson,* Geoffrey E. Brink, and Timothy E. Fairbrother

Grasses

Potassium Rate Trial on an Established Grass/Legume Pasture: Determining Economic Rates for Grazing/Haying Systems - Dan and Cara Miller
Dynamics of Potassium Leaching on a Hillslope Grassland Soil - Marta A. Alfaro,* Peter J. Gregory, and Stephen C. Jarvis

Potatoes

Genotypic variation for potassium uptake and utilization efficiency in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) - Melvin Sidikie George, Guoquan Lu, , and Weijun Zhou, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
Does potassium fertilizer form, source, and time of application influence potato yield and quality in the Columbia Basin? - J. R. Davenport* and E. M. Bentley

Rice

Stover and Potassium Management in an Upland Rice–Soybean Rotation on an Indonesian Ultisol - Thomas S Dierolf* and Russ S. Yost, Agronomy Journal, Vol. 92, January-February 2000
QTLs underlying Rice Tolerance to Low-Potassium Stress in Rice Seedlings - P. Wu,* J. J. Ni, and A. C. Luo, Crop Science, Vol. 38, November-December 1998
Potassium balance and release kinetics under continuous rice–wheat cropping system in Vertisol - Muneshwar Singh, , V. P. Singh and D. Damodar Reddy, Indian Institute of Soil Science
Potassium balances in rainfed lowland rice on a light-textured soil - A. Wihardjakaa, G. J. D. Kirk, S. Abdulrachmana and C. P. Mamarilb, Central Research Institute for Food Crops, Jalan Merdeka 147, Bogor 16111, Indonesia and International Rice Research Institute, MCPO Box 3127, 1271 Makati City, Philippines
Management of phosphorus, potassium, and sulfur in intensive, irrigated lowland rice - Dobermanna, K. G. Cassmanb, C. P. Mamarila and J. E. Sheehya, International Rice Research Institute, and Department of Agronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Soil Chemistry/Testing

Phosphorous and Potassium Fertilizer Recommendation Variability for Two Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain Fields - C.M. Anderson-Cooka, M.M. Alleyb, Robert Noblea and R. Khoslab, Soil Science Society of America Journal
Plant-Available Potassium Assessment with a Modified Sodium
Tetraphenylboron Method - A. E. Cox, B. C. Joern, S. M. Brouder, and D. Gao, Soil Science Society of America Journal
Ammonium–Potassium–Calcium Exchange on Vermiculite
and Hydroxy-aluminum Vermiculite - V. P. Evangelou and J. Lumbanraja, Soil Science Society of America Journal
Potassium Buffering Characteristics of Three Soils Low in Exchangeable Potassium - Jim J. Wang,* Dustin L. Harrell, and Paul F. Bell

Soybeans

Potassium Placement Effects on Yield and Seed Composition of No-Till Soybean Seeded in Alternate Row Widths - Xinhua Yin and Tony J. Vyn, Agronomy Journal Vol. 95, January-February 2003
Stover and Potassium Management in an Upland Rice–Soybean Rotation on an Indonesian Ultisol - Thomas S Dierolfa and Russ S. Yost, Agronomy Journal
Establishing the Value of the Phosphorus and Potassium Contained in Poultry Litter for a No-Till Corn and Soybean Rotation - J. H. Grove, University of Kentucky
Grain Yield, Early Growth, and Nutrient Uptake of No-Till Soybean
as Affected by Phosphorus and Potassium Placement -
Rogerio Borges and Antonio P. Mallarino, Agronomy Journal, Vol. 92, March-April 2000
No-Tillage Soybean Response to Banded and Broadcast and Direct Fertilizer Phosphorus and Potassium Applications - Samuel S. J. Buah, Thomas A. Polito,* and Randy Killorn, Agronomy Journal, Vol. 92, July-August 2000
Stover and Potassium Management in an Upland Rice–Soybean Rotation on an Indonesian Ultisol - Thomas S Dierolf* and Russ S. Yost, Agronomy Journal, Vol. 92, January-February 2000
Soybean Responses to Potassium Placement and Tillage Alternatives following No-Till - Xinhua Yin and Tony J. Vyn, Agronomy Journal, Vol. 94, November-December 2002
Residual Effects of Potassium Placement and Tillage Systems for Corn on Subsequent No-Till Soybean - Xinhua Yin and Tony J. Vyn, Agronomy Journal, Vol. 94, September-October 2002
Residual Impacts of Previous Corn Rows on Potassium Nutrition of No-Till Narrow Row Soybeans - Yin, X and T. J. Vyn,Better Crops/Vol. 86
Potassium placement effects on yield and seed composition of no-till soybean seeded in alternate row widths - Yin, X.H., and T.J. Vyn, Agronomy Journal
Potassium fertilization effects on isoflavone concentrations in soybean - Vyn, T.J., X. Yin, T.W. Brunlsema, C.C Jackson, I. Rajcan, and S.M. Brouder, American Chemical Society
Residual effects of potassium placement and tillage systems for corn on subsequent no-till soybean - Yin, X., and T.J. Vyn, Agronomy Journal
Broadcast and Deep-Band Placement of Phosphorus and Potassium for Soybean Managed with Ridge Tillage - Rogerio Borges and Antonio P. Mallarino*

Tomato

Tomato Yield and Potassium Concentrations in Soil and in Plant Petioles as Affected by Potassium Fertirrigation - Paulo Cezar Rezende Fontes, Regynaldo Arruda Sampaio, and Everardo Chartuni Mantovani

Turfgrass

Tifway Bermudagrass Response To Potassium Fertilization - J. B. Sartain, Crop Science Society of America
Interaction of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium on vapotranspiration Rate and Growth of Kentucky Bluegrass - J. S. Ebdon,* A. M. Petrovic, and R. A. White, Crop Science, Vol. 39, January-February 1999
Nitrogen/Potassium Fertilization Ratios for Bermudagrass Turf - George H. Snyder* and John L. Cisar, Crop Science, Vol. 40, November-December 2000
Bermudagrass Growth, Total Nonstructural Carbohydrate Concentration, and Quality as Influenced by Nitrogen and Potassium - L. E. Trenholm,* A. E. Dudeck, J. B. Sartain, and J. L. Cisar, Crop Science, Vol. 38, January-February 1998
Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium Responses and Requirements in Calcareous Sand Greens - P. G. Johnson,* R. T. Koenig, and K. L. Kopp, Agronomy Journal, Vol. 95, May-June 2003