| Biological Fixation of Nitrogen for Ecology and Sustainable Agriculture Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Legocki, Andrzej (Editor), Bothe, Hermann (Editor), Pühler, Alfred (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3642638554 ISBN-13: 9783642638558 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Forestry - Science | Life Sciences - Biochemistry - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology |
| Dewey: 630 |
| Series: NATO Asi Subseries G: (Closed) |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.07 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| 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. |