Nitrogen fixation in tropical cropping systems / K.E. Giller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giller, Ken E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legumes--Tropics.

Legumes.

Nitrogen-fixing plants--Tropics.

Nitrogen-fixing plants.

Nitrogen--Fixation.

Nitrogen.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (441 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY, USA : CABI Pub., c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This second edition of this book, first published in 1991, contains thoroughly updated and revised material on the theory and practice of nitrogen fixation in tropical cropping systems.

Contents:

Nitrogen Fixation in Tropical Cropping Systems 2nd Edition; Contents; Preface to Second Edition; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1. Tropical Environments: Climates, Soils and Cropping Systems; Chapter 2. N2-fixing Organisms in the Tropics; Chapter 3. The Process of N2-fixation; Chapter 4. Assessment of the Role of N2-fixation; Chapter 5. Cycling of Fixed N in Tropical Cropping Systems; Part II. Tropical Crops and Cropping Systems; Chapter 6. Cereal Crops and Grasses: Free-living, Root-associated and Endophytic N2-fixing Bacteria

Chapter 7. Cyanobacteria and Azolla as Green Manure for Wetland Rice; Chapter 8. Grain Legumes for Food, Fodder and Soil Fertility; Chapter 9. Legumes as Green Manures and Cover Crops; Chapter 10. Forage Legumes in Pastures and Leys; Chapter 11. Plantation Crops: Understorey Legumes and Shade Trees; Chapter 12. Agroforestry: N2-fixing Trees in Integrated Agriculture; Part III. Optimizing N2-fixation; Chapter 13. Environmental Constraints to N2-fixation; Chapter 14. Approaches to Enhancing N2-fixation; Chapter 15. Future Impacts of N2-fixation in Tropical Agriculture; References; Appendix: List of Common Names; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-405).

ISBN:

1-280-90824-6

9786610908240

1-84593-304-4

OCLC:

476080881