Nitrogen Fixation in Tropical Cropping SystemsCABI, 2001 - 423 páginas Nitrogen fixation by leguminous plants is especially important when farmers are trying to minimise fertilizer use for cost or environmental reasons. This second edition of the highly successful book, first published in 1991, contains thoroughly updated and revised material on the theory and practice of nitrogen fixation in tropical cropping systems. |
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Chapter 2 N2fixing Organisms in the Tropics | 13 |
Chapter 3 The Process of N2fixation | 56 |
Chapter 4 Assessment of the Role of N2fixation | 72 |
Chapter 5 Cycling of Fixed N in Tropical Cropping Systems | 93 |
Part II Tropical Crops and Cropping Systems | 109 |
Freeliving Rootassociated and Endophytic N2fixing Bacteria | 111 |
Chapter 7 Cyanobacteria and Azolla as Green Manure for Wetland Rice | 128 |
Understorey Legumes and Shade Trees | 212 |
N2fixing Trees in Integrated Agriculture | 222 |
Part III Optimizing N2fixation | 251 |
Chapter 13 Environmental Constraints to N2fixation | 253 |
Chapter 14 Approaches to Enhancing N2fixation | 271 |
Chapter 15 Future Impacts of N2fixation in Tropical Agriculture | 299 |
References | 309 |
List of Common Names | 407 |
Chapter 8 Grain Legumes for Food Fodder and Soil Fertility | 140 |
Chapter 9 Legumes as Green Manures and Cover Crops | 169 |
Chapter 10 Forage Legumes in Pastures and Leys | 187 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Nitrogen Fixation in Tropical Cropping Systems Ken E. Giller,Kate J. Wilson Vista de fragmentos - 1991 |
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