Published 2003
by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Kluwer Accademic in Rome, Italy, Dordrecht, Boston .
Written in English
Edition Notes
| Statement | edited by G. Hardarson and W.J. Broughton. |
| Genre | Congresses. |
| Series | Developments in plant and soil sciences ;, v. 99 |
| Contributions | Hardarson, G., Broughton, William, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations., International Atomic Energy Agency. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | S587.5.N5 F36 2001 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | vii, 226 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 226 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL3323947M |
| ISBN 10 | 9251048983, 1402012373 |
| LC Control Number | 2004296839 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 52621430 |
Maximising the Use of Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Agriculture by Gudni G. Hardarson, , available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. Biological nitrogen fixation is a critical and key process in sustainable agricultural systems in tropical soils, which are frequently deficient in N and susceptible to leaching of plant nutrients. legume plants and fix nitrogen which is directly assimilated by the host plant; in return, the plant provides the. required energy source for the energy intensive nitrogen fixation process. It is this symbiotic interaction which. will be highlighted in this book [4]. The fixation of nitrogen--the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen to a form that plants can use--is fundamental to the productivity of the biosphere and therefore to the ability of the expanding human population to feed itself. Although the existence and importance of the process of biological nitrogen fixation has been recognized.
Long-term sustainability of agricultural systems must rely on the use and effective management of internal resources. The process of biological nitrogen fixation offers and economically attractive and ecologically sound means of reducing external nitrogen input and improving the quality and quantity of internal resources. Management of Biological Nitrogen Fixation for the Development of More Productive and Sustainable Agricultural Systems Extended versions of papers presented at the Symposium on Biological Nitrogen Fixation for Sustainable Agriculture at the 15th Congress of Soil Science, Acapulco, Mexico, Search within book. Front Matter. Pages I-VI. PDF. This book is written with the objective of covering the basic issues in Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF), such as physiology, biochemistry and molecular genetics of nitrogen fixation, role of signal molecules and host gene expression in nodulation and nitrogen fixation for a thorough understanding 4/5(3). Biological nitrogen fixation is an alternative to nitrogen fertilizer. It is carried out by prokaryotes using an enzyme complex called nitrogenase and results in atmospheric N2 being reduced into a form of nitrogen diazotrophic organisms and plants are able to use .
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