“…The magnitude of HATS-mediated K + influx has been shown to be inversely correlated with tissue K + content (Glass, 1976; Kochian and Lucas, 1982;Siddiqi and Glass, 1986), although it is unclear how plants interpret K + status and adjust transport rates appropriately. HATS-mediated K + influx is also severely reduced by NH 4 + provision (Scherer et al, 1984;Vale et al, 1987Vale et al, , 1988aWang et al, 1996;Spalding et al, 1999;Santa-María et al, 2000;Bañuelos et al, 2002;Kronzucker et al, 2003;Martínez-Cordero et al, 2004;Szczerba et al, 2006Szczerba et al, , 2008bNieves-Cordones et al, 2007), such that reduced K + uptake and accumulation in the presence of NH 4 + is a characteristic symptom of NH 4 + toxicity (Kirkby, 1968;Van Beusichem et al, 1988;Peuke and Jeschke, 1993;Gerendás et al, 1997;Hirsch et al, 1998;Britto and Kronzucker, 2002;Martínez-Cordero et al, 2005).…”