Nitrogen-Fixing Leguminous Symbioses

by Karin Nickelsen

Book Overview

Nodules produced on legume roots by root-nodule bacteria provide the major nitrogenous input into natural and agricultural systems worldwide. This book provides an in-depth and up-to-the-minute analysis of what is known about this symbiosis, its origins, the process of nodule formation and development, and the biochemistry and genetics of nodular nitrogen fixation. It also reviews the physiology of the root-nodule bacteria themselves, their ecology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048168996
• ISBN13: 9789048168996
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 403 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"