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Biological Nitrogen Fixation for Sustainable Agriculture

Extended versions of papers presented in the Symposium, Role of Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Sustainable Agriculture at the 13th Congress of Soil Science, Kyoto, Japan, 1990

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Editors:
  1. J. K. Ladha

    1. International Rice Research Institute, Manila, Philippines

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  2. T. George

    1. Nitrogen Fixation by Tropical Agriculture Legumes (NifTAL) Project, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA

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  3. B. B. Bohlool

    1. Nitrogen Fixation by Tropical Agriculture Legumes (NifTAL) Project, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA

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Part of the book series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences (DPSS, volume 49)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Biological nitrogen fixation for sustainable agriculture: A perspective

    • B. B. Bohlool, J. K. Ladha, D. P. Garrity, T. George
    Pages 1-11

  3. Biological nitrogen fixation: Investments, expectations and actual contributions to agriculture

    • Mark B. Peoples, Eric T. Craswell
    Pages 13-39

  4. Biological N2 Fixation in wetland rice fields: Estimation and contribution to nitrogen balance

    • P. A. Roger, J. K. Ladha
    Pages 41-55

  5. Improving nitrogen-fixing systems and integrating them into sustainable rice farming

    • I. Watanabe, C. C. Liu
    Pages 57-67

  6. Managing native and legume-fixed nitrogen in lowland rice-based cropping systems

    • T. George, J. K. Ladha, R. J. Buresh, D. P. Garrity
    Pages 69-91

  7. Biological nitrogen fixation in non-leguminous field crops: Recent advances

    • Ivan R. Kennedy, Yao-Tseng Tchan
    Pages 93-118

  8. Potential for increasing biological nitrogen fixation in soybean

    • Harold H. Keyser, Fudi Li
    Pages 119-135

  9. Biological nitrogen fixation in mixed legume/grass pastures

    • S. F. Ledgard, K. W. Steele
    Pages 137-153

  10. Biological nitrogen fixation in mixed legume-cereal cropping systems

    • K. Fujita, K. G. Ofosu-Budu, S. Ogata
    Pages 155-175

  11. Biological nitrogen fixation in trees in agro-ecosystems

    • S. K. A. Danso, G. D. Bowen, N. Sanginga
    Pages 177-196

  12. Trends in biological nitrogen fixation research and application

    • Junji Ishizuka
    Pages 197-209

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 211-212
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About this book

Chemical fertilizers have had a significant impact on food production in the recent past, and are today an indispensable part of modern agriculture. On the other hand, the oil crisis of the 1970s and the current Middle East problems are constant reminders of the vulnerability of our fossil fuel dependent agriculture. There are vast areas of the developing world where N fertilizers are neither available nor affordable and, in most of these countries, balance of payment problems have resulted in the removal of N fertilizer subsidies. The external costs of environmental degradation and human health far exceed economic concerns. Input efficiency of N fertilizer is one of the lowest and, in turn, contributes substantially to environmental pollution. Nitrate in ground and surface waters and the threat to the stability of the ozone layer from gaseous oxides of nitrogen are major health and environmental concerns. The removal of large quantities of crop produce from the land also depletes soil of its native N reserves. Another concern is the decline in crop yields under continuous use of N fertilizers.
These economic, environmental and production considerations dictate that biological alternatives which can augment, and in some cases replace, N fertilizers must be exploited. Long-term sustainability of agricultural systems must rely on the use and effective management of internal resources. The process of biological nitrogen fixation offers and economically attractive and ecologically sound means of reducing external nitrogen input and improving the quality and quantity of internal resources. In this book, we outline sustainability issues that dictate an increased use of biological nitrogen fixation and the constraints on its optimal use in agriculture.

Editors and Affiliations

  • International Rice Research Institute, Manila, Philippines

    J. K. Ladha

  • Nitrogen Fixation by Tropical Agriculture Legumes (NifTAL) Project, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA

    T. George, B. B. Bohlool

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biological Nitrogen Fixation for Sustainable Agriculture

  • Book Subtitle: Extended versions of papers presented in the Symposium, Role of Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Sustainable Agriculture at the 13th Congress of Soil Science, Kyoto, Japan, 1990

  • Editors: J. K. Ladha, T. George, B. B. Bohlool

  • Series Title: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0910-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1774-6Published: 31 May 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4164-7Published: 28 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0910-1Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 212

  • Topics: Soil Science & Conservation, Plant Sciences, Tree Biology

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