Potassium(K)is the most abundant cation in the vast majority of plants.It is required in large quantities which,in an agronomic context,typically necessitates application of K in the form of potash or other K fertilis...
M. S. A. Khan thanks the Australian Government for providing postgraduate degree scholarship under its Australia Awards Program;The Sir Eric Smart Family contributed funds for this research through the Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia;The salaries of S. N. Jenkins and I. S. Waite were partially supported by RnD4Profit-14-1-022-Waste to Revenue: Novel Fertilisers and Feeds, Australian Pork Limited, and Australian Government (Department of Agriculture and Water Resources) as part of the Rural Research and Development (R&D) for Profit Program。
Excess nitrogen(N) fertiliser use in agriculture is associated with water pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.While practices and programs to reduce N fertiliser application continue to be developed,inefficient fer...