Nitrogen fixation in tropical cropping systems /
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY, USA :
CABI Pub.,
[2001]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on opening page (viewed May 29, 2015). Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 423 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-405) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781845933043 (electronic bk.) 1845933044 (electronic bk.) |
| DOI: | 10.1079/9780851994178.0000 |
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