Nitrogen Fixing Organisms

Pure and Applied Aspects

• Author(s): Janet I. Sprent, P. Sprent,
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Pages: 256
• ISBN_10: 041234680X
  ISBN_13: 9780412346804
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Nature / Plants / Trees , Science / Life Sciences / Ecology , Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / General , Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / Forestry , Technology & Engineering / Chemical & Biochemical ,

Description:... This book is concerned essentially with how nitrogen-fixing organisms function and why they are of practical importance. Special chapters deal with nitrogen fixation in agriculture, in forestry, and in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. In an appendix an outline of the main methods used for measuring nitrogen fixation, and some of the problems that must be faced is given