Sustainability has a major part to play in the global challenge of continued development of regions, countries, and continents all around the World and biological nitrogen fixation has a key role in this process. This volume begins with chapters specifically addressing crops of major global importance, such as soybeans, rice, and sugar cane. It continues with a second important focus, agroforestry, and describes the use and promise of both legume trees with their rhizobial symbionts and other nitrogen-fixing trees with their actinorhizal colonization. An over-arching theme of all chapters is the interaction of the plants and trees with microbes and this theme allows other aspects of soil microbiology, such as interactions with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and the impact of soil-stress factors on biological nitrogen fixation, to be addressed. Furthermore, a link to basic science occurs through the inclusion of chapters describing the biogeochemically important nitrogen cycle and its key relationships among nitrogen fixation, nitrification, and denitrification. The volume then provides an up-to-date view of the production of microbial inocula, especially those for legume crops.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN-13
9781402035425
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95523411
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Natural Science
Author
Dietrich Werner, William E. Newton
Publication Name
Nitrogen Fixation in Agriculture, Forestry, Ecology, and the Environment
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Medicine, Chemistry, Botany, Biology
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
350 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
232mm
Item Width
156mm
Volume
4
Item Weight
1540g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Nitrogen Fixation: Origins, Applications, and Research Progress