Nitrogen fixation in tropical cropping systems /

• Main Author: Giller, K. E. (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2001.
• Edition: 2nd edition.
• Subjects: Legumes > Tropics.; Nitrogen-fixing plants > Tropics.; Nitrogen > Fixation.; Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000); Field Crops, (New March 2000); Forage and Fodder Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.; Plant Nutrition.; Plant Production.; Plant Cropping Systems.; Soil Biology.; Fertilizers and other Amendments.; Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology); Agroforestry and Multipurpose Trees: Community, Farm and Social Forestry.; Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, (New March 2000); Azolla.; Fabaceae.; Ferns.; Oryza.; Oryza sativa.; Plants.; Agroforestry.; Cover crops.; Cropping systems.; Crops.; Fodder legumes.; Green manures.; Innovation adoption.; Legumes.; Multiple cropping.; Nitrogen fixation.; Nitrogen fixing bacteria.; Nitrogen fixing trees.; Pasture legumes.; Pastures.; Plantation crops.; Plantations.; Rice.; Shade trees.; Trees.; Tropics.; Woody plants.; Electronic books.
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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 tropi...

Table of Contents:

• Tropical Environments : Climates, Soils and Cropping Systems
• N₂-fixing Organisms in the Tropics
• The Process of N₂-fixation
• Assessment of the Role of N2-fixation
• Cycling of Fixed N in Tropical Cropping Systems
• Cereal Crops and Grasses : Free-living, Root-associated and Endophytic N₂-fixing Bacteria
• Cyanobacteria and Azolla as Green Manure for Wetland Rice
• Grain Legumes for Food, Fodder and Soil Fertility
• Legumes as Green Manures and Cover Crops
• Forage Legumes in Pastures and Leys
• Plantation Crops : Understorey Legumes and Shade Trees
• Agroforestry : N₂-fixing Trees in Integrated Agriculture
• Environmental Constraints to N₂-fixation
• Approaches to Enhancing N₂-fixation
• Future Impacts of N₂-fixation in Tropical Agriculture.