TY - BOOK ID - 145251942 TI - Nitrogen fixation in agriculture, forestry, ecology, and the environment. AU - Ṿerner, D. AU - Newton, W. E. PY - 2005 SN - 140203542X PB - Berlin : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Nitrogen fixation KW - Legumes KW - Phaseolus KW - Vigna KW - Arachis hypogaea KW - Cicer arietinum KW - Cajanus cajan KW - Mucuna KW - Alnus KW - Casuarina KW - Root nodulation KW - Symbiosis KW - Mycorrhizae KW - Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae KW - Bacteria KW - Inoculation KW - nitrogen cycle KW - biological development KW - Productivity KW - soil fertility KW - Nitrogen KW - Fixation. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145251942 AB - Sustainability has a major part to play in the global challenge of continued development of regions, countries, and continents all around the World and biological nitrogen fixation has a key role in this process. This volume begins with chapters specifically addressing crops of major global importance, such as soybeans, rice, and sugar cane. It continues with a second important focus, agroforestry, and describes the use and promise of both legume trees with their rhizobial symbionts and other nitrogen-fixing trees with their actinorhizal colonization. An over-arching theme of all chapters is the interaction of the plants and trees with microbes and this theme allows other aspects of soil microbiology, such as interactions with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and the impact of soil-stress factors on biological nitrogen fixation, to be addressed. Furthermore, a link to basic science occurs through the inclusion of chapters describing the biogeochemically important nitrogen cycle and its key relationships among nitrogen fixation, nitrification, and denitrification. The volume then provides an up-to-date view of the production of microbial inocula, especially those for legume crops. ER -