Nitrogen fixation in tropical cropping systems [

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Giller, K. E. [ (Ken E.)] (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxon, UK : CABI , c2001
Edition:2nd ed
Subjects:
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