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Nitrogen fixation in tropical cropping systems
1 online resource (xviii, 423 pages) : illustrations, charts
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 tropical environments (climate, soils and cropping systems), nitrogen fixing organisms, the process of nitrogen fixation, assessment of the role of nitrogen fixation, and cycling of nitrogen in tropical cropping systems. Part II, Tropical crops and cropping systems, comprises 7 chapters on freeliving, root-associated and endophytic nitrogen fixing bacteria of cereal crops and grasses, cyanobacteria and Azolla as green manure for wetland rice, grain legumes, legumes as green manures and cover crops, forage legumes, understorey legumes and shade trees in plantation crops, and nitrogen fixing trees in agroforestry. Part III, optimizing nitrogen fixation, includes 3 chapters on environmental constraints, approaches to enhancement, and future impacts on nitrogen fixation in tropical agriculture. A list of common names and subject index are included.
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.
Ken E. Giller, Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe and Department of Plant Sciences, Plant Production Systems, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-405) and index.
Agroforestry and Multipurpose Trees: Community, Farm and Social Forestry
Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, (New March 2000)
Forage and Fodder Crops, (New March 2000)
Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology)
Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY, USA : CABI Pub., c2001.