Nitrogen fixation in tropical cropping systems [
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wallingford, Oxon, UK :
CABI ,
c2001
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
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| Online Access: | https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2001/20013118217.pdf |
Table of Contents:
- 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