| Biological Fixation of Nitrogen for Ecology and Sustainable Agriculture Contributor(s): Legocki, A. B. (Editor), Puhler, A. P. (Editor), Bothe, H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3540620567 ISBN-13: 9783540620563 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Biochemistry - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - General - Nature | Plants - Trees |
| Dewey: 572.545 |
| LCCN: 96039707 |
| Series: NATO Asi Series. Series G, Ecological Sciences |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.46 lbs) 348 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) - the conversion of molecular nitrogen into ammonia - is one of the most important reactions in ecology and agriculture. It is performed exclusively by microbes (prokaryotes) that live in symbiosis with plants. This book summarizes the latest research on this reaction, the participating microbes and the genetics of how their relevant genes could be transferred into the plants. In the light of a more sustainable and less ecologically damaging agriculture, this is becoming an increasingly pressing issue. |