"Nitrogen Fixation" ed. by Everlon Rigobelo, Ademar Serra

This volume covers different aspects of this fantastic phenomenon, including biofertilizer, organic nitrogen in agricultural systems, nitrogen fertilization for sustainable crop production, and others. This book is designed for researchers, students and general readers.

Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF), the process by which gaseous N2 is converted into ammonia (NH3) via the enzyme nitrogenase, is crucial for the availability of nitrogen (N) in the terrestrial ecosystem. Some bacteria have the remarkable capacity to fix atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia under ambient conditions, a reaction only mimicked on an industrial scale by a chemical process. This microbiological process converts atmospheric nitrogen into a plant-usable form, thus decreasing the need to use chemical fertilizers in crop production.


Contents
1.Role of Biofertilizers in Plant Growth and Soil Health
2.Organic Nitrogen in Agricultural Systems
3.Nitrogen Fertilization II: Management Practices to Sustain Crop Production and Soil and Environmental Quality
4.Nitrogen Fertilization in Blackberry
5.Nitrogen Fertilization I: Impact on Crop, Soil, and Environment
6.Advancement of Nitrogen Fertilization on Tropical Environmental
7.Comprehensive Account of Inoculation and Coinoculation in Soybean
8.N-Fertilization Adjustment in Sugarcane Crop Cultivated in Intensive Mechanization
9.Effects of Pesticides, Temperature, Light, and Chemical Constituents of Soil on Nitrogen Fixation
10.Distribution and Characterization of the Indigenous Soybean-Nodulating Bradyrhizobia in the Philippines
11.Phylogenomic Review of Root Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiont Population Nodulating Northwestern African Wild Legumes