Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria: Sustainable Growth of Non-legumes

Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria: Sustainable Growth of Non-legumes
Author: Dinesh Kumar Maheshwari
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2022-10-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9811949069

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This book covers aspects of biological nitrogen fixation along with the unique signaling and interaction between the diazotrophic bacteria and plants, especially the non-legumes. Nitrogen is the most important growth-limiting nutrient in the ecosystems and biological nitrogen fixation involving microbial symbionts, mainly rhizobia and legumes holds enormous interest across the globe. However, free-living rhizobacteria of non-legumes especially cereals, also establish themselves within the root system, fixing nitrogen and contributing to plant productivity, soil fertility, and agricultural sustainability. These non-symbiotic nitrogen fixers additionally exhibit various plant growth-promoting traits elevating productivity, fortifying nutrient content, and managing water stress in plants. The recent perspectives highlighting the mechanisms and background of non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation provide answers to unravel the potential of nitrogenase and various spectra of habitats of rhizobia and other diazotrophic bacteria. Further, the application of genetic engineering and the development of nitrogen-fixing cereals can provide a possible solution to the problem of food shortage. The book includes various scientific inputs providing comprehensive knowledge about the emergence of agricultural sustainability through nitrogen-fixing bacteria. The book illustrates the systematic mechanisms involved in biological nitrogen fixation through various illustrations, schematic drawings, and flow charts aiding in better understanding. The chapters elaborate on the physiology and metabolism of plant-bacteria interaction in different crops under diverse environmental conditions. Thus, the volume will provide a holistic scenario helping in advancing the novel plant-microbe interactions, cell-signaling, and plant-molecular interactions. The book will assist the agronomists, microbiologists, ecologists, plant pathologists, molecular biologists, environmentalists, policymakers, conservationists, and NGOs to develop biofertilizers and bioinoculants using various genera of microbes and contribute to the targets of sustainable goals in an eco-friendly manner.

Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes

Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes
Author: K.A. Malik
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9401152322

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Diazotrophic bacteria convert atmospheric nitrogen to plant-useable form and this input of nitrogen through biological fixation is of great agronomic importance. The contributions presented in this volume relate to free-living nitrogen fixers and the diazotrophs associated with plants. Symbiotic association of Frankia with non-legumes and cyanobacterial associations are also discussed. Research topics covered in this volume include the biochemistry and genetics of diazotrophs, recent developments in improvement of plant-microbe interactions and their molecular basis, the use of molecular probes in taxonomy and ecology of diazotrophs and reports on field applications, agronomic importance and improvement in methodologies for assessing their contribution to plants. This book provides valuable information not only for researchers working in the field of biological nitrogen fixation but also for biochemistry, molecular biologists, microbiologists and agronomists.

Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes

Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes
Author: F.A. Skinner
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 362
Release: 1989-02-28
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

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Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 23-28, 1987

Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes

Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes
Author: P. Uomala
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400943784

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Biological fixation of nitrogen by organisms and associations other than those concerned in the legume-Rhizobium symbiosis has attracted increasing attention since the firstintemationalworkshop on the theme at Piracicaba, Brasil, in 1979. Approximately 150 scientists gathered on September 2-8, 1984, at the Hanasaari Cultural Centre near Helsinki, Finland, for the third international meeting on nitrogen fixation with non-legumes. Forty-two papers and 39 posters were presented; 32 of the papers have been broughttogetherin this publication. The Symposium was generously sponsored by the FinnishNational Fund for Research and Development (SITRA) in connection with a large project on biological nitrogenfixation and utilization ofnitrogen extending from 1980 to 1985. The Symposium was organized jointly by SITRA, which dealt with all practical matters very efficiently and with impressive concern for the welfare of the participants, and Societas Biochemica, Biophysica et Microbiologica Fenniae, the society of Finnish microbiologists, which made valuable contributions on scientific matters. As in the previous symposium at Banff, Canada, in 1982 the programme did not involve parallel sessions~ all participants had the opportunity of listening to all presentations. Consequently, the FIN- NIF Symposium profited from a steady audience and the consistency this gave to the discussions. In view of the growing interest in N-fixation with non-legumes and the continuous broadening of the field, such an arrangement may not be possible in the future. I thank all participants for their contributionsto both oral sessions and poster presentations, and hope that this publication will become a frequently quoted source of knowledge.

Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria in Nonleguminous Crop Plants

Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria in Nonleguminous Crop Plants
Author: Johanna Döbereiner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1987
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

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The genus Azospirillum; Other root-associated Diazotrophs; Association with plants; Quantification of N2 fixation; Agronomic implications; Potencials and prospects for the future.

Nitrogen Fixation

Nitrogen Fixation
Author: Mario Polsinelli
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 708
Release: 1991
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

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This volume collects 65 lectures and 87 posters, which comprise an up-to-date account of the state of knowledge on biological nitrogen fixation with non-legumes, addressing topics related to free living diazotrophs, root-associated diazotrophs, nitrogen-fixing photosynthentic microorganisms, and dia

Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation

Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation
Author: P. Graham
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9401110883

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During the past three decades there has been a large amount of research on biological nitrogen fixation, in part stimulated by increasing world prices of nitrogen-containing fertilizers and environmental concerns. In the last several years, research on plant--microbe interactions, and symbiotic and asymbiotic nitrogen fixation has become truly interdisciplinary in nature, stimulated to some degree by the use of modern genetic techniques. These methodologies have allowed us to make detailed analyses of plant and bacterial genes involved in symbiotic processes and to follow the growth and persistence of the root-nodule bacteria and free-living nitrogen-fixing bacteria in soils. Through the efforts of a large number of researchers we now have a better understanding of the ecology of rhizobia, environmental parameters affecting the infection and nodulation process, the nature of specificity, the biochemistry of host plants and microsymbionts, and chemical signalling between symbiotic partners. This volume gives a summary of current research efforts and knowledge in the field of biological nitrogen fixation. Since the research field is diverse in nature, this book presents a collection of papers in the major research area of physiology and metabolism, genetics, evolution, taxonomy, ecology, and international programs.

Associative and Endophytic Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria and Cyanobacterial Associations

Associative and Endophytic Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria and Cyanobacterial Associations
Author: Claudine Elmerich
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2007-05-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1402035462

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This self-contained volume covers fundamental and applied aspects of nitrogen-fixation research. The book describes milestones in the discovery of the associative and endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacteria found involved with cereal crops, forage grasses, and sugar cane. It provides a comprehensive overview of their phylogeny, physiology, and genetics as well as of the biology of their association with their host plants, including tools for in situ localization and population-dynamics analysis. Also included are chapters describing the functions required for a bacterium to be competent and competitive in the rhizosphere, and analysis of associations of cyanobacteria with fungi, diatoms, bryophytes, cycads, Azolla, and Gunnera.

Rhizobium Biology and Biotechnology

Rhizobium Biology and Biotechnology
Author: Alexander P. Hansen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2017-09-25
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319649825

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This book provides in-depth reviews of the role of Rhizobium in agriculture and its biotechnological applications. Individual chapters explore topics such as: the occurrence and distribution of Rhizobium; phenotypic and molecular characteristics of Rhizobium; impact of Rhizobium on other microbial communities in the rhizosphere; N2-fixation ability of Rhizobium; Rhizobium and biotic stress; Rhizobium-mediated restoration of an ecosystem; in silico analysis of the rhizobia pool; further biotechnological perspectives of Rhizobium.