Nitrogen fixation in tropical cropping systems [ - Giller, K. E. [ (Ken E.)] (Wallingford, Oxon, UK : CABI, 2001)
1. Tropical environments : climates, soils and cropping systems -- 2. N2-fixing organisms in the tropics -- 3. The process of N2-fixation -- 4. Assessment of the role of N2-fixation -- 5. Cycling of fixed N in tropical cropping systems -- 6. Cereal crop and grasses : free-living, root-associated and endophytic N2-fixing bacteria -- 7. Cyanobacteria and azolla as green manure for wetland rice -- 8. Grain legumes for food, fodder and soil fertility -- 9. Legumes as green manures and cover crops -- 10. Forage legumes in pastures and leys -- 11. Plantation crops : understorey legumes and shade trees -- 12. Agroforestry : N2-fixing trees in integrated agriculture -- 13. Environmental constraints to N2-fixing -- 14. Approaches to enhancing N2-fixation -- 15. Future impacts of N2-fixation in tropical agriculture
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-405) and index
Keywords: Legumes -- Tropics; Nitrogen-fixing plants -- Tropics; Nitrogen -- Fixation