TY - CHAP AU - Douglas José Marques AU - Hudson Carvalho Bianchini AU - Allan Klynger da Silva Lobato AU - Wellington Ferrari da Silva ED - Md Asaduzzaman ED - Toshiki Asao Y1 - 2018-05-23 PY - 2018 T1 - Potassium Fertilization in the Production of Vegetables and Fruits N2 - The book Potassium - Improvement of Quality in Fruits and Vegetables Through Hydroponic Nutrient Management provides useful information regarding potassium nutrition management in hydroponic cultivation, which will help in producing quality horticultural crops. The first few chapters describe the role of potassium nutrition in plants, its interaction with other nutrients, its source fertilizers, the role in postharvest produce qualities, and human nutrition. Potassium fertilizer management, its metabolism in plants, and cultivation techniques of fruits and leafy vegetables are also included in the middle section. The final chapter illustrates the software development for the calculation of hydroponic nutrients including potassium for easy management of cultural solution. As a whole, this book covers several major aspects on the topic for making it a complete and useful resource. BT - Potassium SP - Ch. 4 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.72854 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.72854 SN - 978-1-78923-127-4 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-19 ER -