TY - BOOK ID - 74870457 TI - Advances in Biology and Ecology of Nitrogen Fixation AU - Takuji Ohyama AU - Ohyama, Takuji PY - 2014 SN - 9535142380 9535112163 PB - IntechOpen DB - UniCat KW - Botany. KW - Botanical science KW - Floristic botany KW - Phytobiology KW - Phytography KW - Phytology KW - Plant biology KW - Plant science KW - Biology KW - Natural history KW - Plants KW - Life Sciences KW - Plant Biology KW - Agricultural and Biological Sciences KW - Plant Ecology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:74870457 AB - Biological nitrogen fixation has essential role in N cycle in global ecosystem. Several types of nitrogen fixing bacteria are recognized: the free-living bacteria in soil or water; symbiotic bacteria making root nodules in legumes or non-legumes; associative nitrogen fixing bacteria that resides outside the plant roots and provides fixed nitrogen to the plants; endophytic nitrogen fixing bacteria living in the roots, stems and leaves of plants. In this book there are 11 chapters related to biological nitrogen fixation, regulation of legume-rhizobium symbiosis, and agriculture and ecology of biological nitrogen fixation, including new models for autoregulation of nodulation in legumes, endophytic nitrogen fixation in sugarcane or forest trees, etc. Hopefully, this book will contribute to biological, ecological, and agricultural sciences. ER -