Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Plants

Herausgeber: Nutman, P. S.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A 1976 synthesis of knowledge on the fixation of nitrogen by systems involving plants, especially legumes, and micro-organisms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 642
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1027g
• ISBN-13: 9780521299138
• ISBN-10: 0521299136
• Artikelnr.: 33378549

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Part I. Genetical aspects and taxonomy: 1. Recent advances in the
genetics of nitrogen fixation; 2. Genetic analysis of nitrogen fixation in
Klebsiella pneumoniae; 3. Control of nitrogenase synthesis in Azotobacter
vinelandii; 4. Effects of some mutations on symbiotic properties of
Rhizobium; 5. Transduction of effectiveness in Rhizobium meliloti; 6.
Genetic transformation in Rhizobium japonicum; 7. Plasmid control of
effectiveness in Rhizobium: transfer of nitrogen-fixing genes on a plasmid
from Rhizobium trifolii to Klebsiella aerogenes; 8. The demonstration of
conjugation in Rhizobium leguminosarum; 9. Identification and
classification of root nodule bacteria; 10. The nodulation profile of the
genus Cassia; Part II. Quality of Legume Inoculants: 11. The production of
high quality inoculants and their contribution to legume yield; 12.
Principles of Rhizobium strain selection; 13. Carriers of rhizobia and the
effects of prior treatment on the survival of rhizobia; 14. A method of
making a pure-culture, peat-type, legume inoculant, using a substitute for
peat; 15. Methods of inoculating seeds and their effect on survival of
rhizobia; 16. Some studies on the necessity of legume inoculation in Serbia
(Yugoslavia); 17. Agar and peat inoculation efficiency in Bulgaria; 18.
Yield responses of soybean, chickpea, pea and lentil to inoculation with
legume inoculants; Part III. Field Experiments on Nitrogen Fixation by
Nodulated Legumes: 19. IBP field experiments on nitrogen fixation by
nodulated legumes; 20. Influence of inoculation, nitrogen fertilizers and
photosynthetic source-sink manipulations on field-grown soybeans; 21. Field
response of legumes in India to inoculation and fertiliser applications;
22. Effect of inoculation and fertiliser application on the growth of
soybeans in Rumania; 23. Inoculation and nitrogen fertiliser experiments on
soybeans in Cuba; 24. Field and greenhouse experiments on the response of
legumes in Egypt to inoculation and fertilisers; 25. Application of the
acetylene reduction technique to the study of nitrogen fixation by white
clover in the field; Part IV. Legume Nitrogen Fixation and the Environment:
26. Symbiotic specialisation in pea plants: some environmental effects on
nodulation and nitrogen fixation; 27. Physiology of the reaction of
nodulated legumes to environment; 28. Symbiosis in tropical grain legumes:
some effects of temperature and the composition of the rooting medium; 29.
Recovery and compensation by nodulated legumes to environmental stress; 30.
Nitrogen fixation by legumes subjected to water and light stresses; 31.
Photosynthate as a major factor limiting nitrogen fixation by field-grown
legumes with emphasis on soybeans; Part V. Nitrogen-fixing Symbioses in
Non-Leguminous Plants: Preface; 32. The results of the IBP survey of
root-nodule formation in non-leguminous angiosperms; 33. Symbiotic
interactions in non-leguminous root nodules; 34. Ultrastructural studies of
non-leguminous root-nodules; 35. Nitrogen fixation in root nodules of alder
and pea in relation to the supply of photosynthetic assimilates; 36. The
formation and nitrogen-fixing activity of the root nodules of Alnus
glutinosa under field conditions; 37. Endophye adaption in Gunnera-Nostoc
symbiosis; 38. Nitrogen fixation in some natural ecosystems in Indonesia;
39. Bacterial leaf symbiosis and nitrogen fixation; 40. A discussion of the
results of cross-inoculation trials between Alnus glutinosa and Myrica
gale; 41. The possibility of extending the capacity for nitrogen fixation
to other plant species. A summary of proceedings at an open session held
during the Edinburgh meeting; Index.