Nitrogen fixation in tropical cropping systems
The second edition of this book, first published in 1991 and intended for students and researchers, contains revised and updated material on the theory and practice of nitrogen fixation in tropical cropping systems. There are 15 chapters in 3 parts. Part I, Introduction, contains 5 chapters on tropical environments (climate, soils and cropping systems), nitrogen fixing organisms, the process of nitrogen fixation, assessment of the role of nitrogen fixation, and cycling of nitrogen in tropical cropping systems. Part II, Tropical crops and cropping systems, comprises 7 chapters on freeliving, root-associated and endophytic nitrogen fixing bacteria of cereal crops and grasses, cyanobacteria and Azolla as green manure for wetland rice, grain legumes, legumes as green manures and cover crops, forage legumes, understorey legumes and shade trees in plantation crops, and nitrogen fixing trees in agroforestry. Part III, optimizing nitrogen fixation, includes 3 chapters on environmental constraints, approaches to enhancement, and future impacts on nitrogen fixation in tropical agriculture. A list of common names and subject index are included.
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Wallingford (United Kingdom) CABI
2001
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| Subjects: | NITROGEN FIXATION, CROPPING SYSTEMS, SPECIES, NITROGEN FIXING BACTERIA, NITROGENASE, NITROGEN METABOLISM, RICE, GRAIN LEGUMES, PASTURE IMPROVEMENT, PLANTATIONS, AGROFORESTRY, CROPS, RHIZOBIUM, ESPECE, BACTERIE FIXATRICE DE L'AZOTE, METABOLISME DE L'AZOTE, RIZ, LEGUMINEUSE A GRAINS, AMELIORATION DES PATURAGES, AGROFORESTERIE, PLANTE DE CULTURE, FIXATION DE L'AZOTE, SYSTEME DE CULTURE, ESPECIES, BACTERIA FIJADORA DEL NITROGENO, NITROGENASA, METABOLISMO DEL NITROGENO, ARROZ, LEGUMINOSAS DE GRANO, MEJORA DE PASTIZALES, PLANTACIONES, AGROFORESTERIA, CULTIVOS, FIJACION DEL NITROGENO, SISTEMAS DE CULTIVO, |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9780851994178.0000 |
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| Summary: | The second edition of this book, first published in 1991 and intended for students and researchers, contains revised and updated material on the theory and practice of nitrogen fixation in tropical cropping systems. There are 15 chapters in 3 parts. Part I, Introduction, contains 5 chapters on tropical environments (climate, soils and cropping systems), nitrogen fixing organisms, the process of nitrogen fixation, assessment of the role of nitrogen fixation, and cycling of nitrogen in tropical cropping systems. Part II, Tropical crops and cropping systems, comprises 7 chapters on freeliving, root-associated and endophytic nitrogen fixing bacteria of cereal crops and grasses, cyanobacteria and Azolla as green manure for wetland rice, grain legumes, legumes as green manures and cover crops, forage legumes, understorey legumes and shade trees in plantation crops, and nitrogen fixing trees in agroforestry. Part III, optimizing nitrogen fixation, includes 3 chapters on environmental constraints, approaches to enhancement, and future impacts on nitrogen fixation in tropical agriculture. A list of common names and subject index are included. |
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