Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Plants

Table of Contents

Preface
Part I. Genetical aspects and taxonomy:
1. Recent advances in the genetics of nitrogen fixation
2. Genetic analysis of nitrogen fixation in Klebsiella pneumoniae
3. Control of nitrogenase synthesis in Azotobacter vinelandii
4. Effects of some mutations on symbiotic properties of Rhizobium
5. Transduction of effectiveness in Rhizobium meliloti
6. Genetic transformation in Rhizobium japonicum
7. Plasmid control of effectiveness in Rhizobium: transfer of nitrogen-fixing genes on a plasmid from Rhizobium trifolii to Klebsiella aerogenes
8. The demonstration of conjugation in Rhizobium leguminosarum
9. Identification and classification of root nodule bacteria
10. The nodulation profile of the genus Cassia
Part II. Quality of Legume Inoculants:
11. The production of high quality inoculants and their contribution to legume yield
12. Principles of Rhizobium strain selection
13. Carriers of rhizobia and the effects of prior treatment on the survival of rhizobia
14. A method of making a pure-culture, peat-type, legume inoculant, using a substitute for peat
15. Methods of inoculating seeds and their effect on survival of rhizobia
16. Some studies on the necessity of legume inoculation in Serbia (Yugoslavia)
17. Agar and peat inoculation efficiency in Bulgaria
18. Yield responses of soybean, chickpea, pea and lentil to inoculation with legume inoculants
Part III. Field Experiments on Nitrogen Fixation by Nodulated Legumes:
19. IBP field experiments on nitrogen fixation by nodulated legumes
20. Influence of inoculation, nitrogen fertilizers and photosynthetic source-sink manipulations on field-grown soybeans
21. Field response of legumes in India to inoculation and fertiliser applications
22. Effect of inoculation and fertiliser application on the growth of soybeans in Rumania
23. Inoculation and nitrogen fertiliser experiments on soybeans in Cuba
24. Field and greenhouse experiments on the response of legumes in Egypt to inoculation and fertilisers
25. Application of the acetylene reduction technique to the study of nitrogen fixation by white clover in the field
Part IV. Legume Nitrogen Fixation and the Environment:
26. Symbiotic specialisation in pea plants: some environmental effects on nodulation and nitrogen fixation
27. Physiology of the reaction of nodulated legumes to environment
28. Symbiosis in tropical grain legumes: some effects of temperature and the composition of the rooting medium
29. Recovery and compensation by nodulated legumes to environmental stress
30. Nitrogen fixation by legumes subjected to water and light stresses
31. Photosynthate as a major factor limiting nitrogen fixation by field-grown legumes with emphasis on soybeans
Part V. Nitrogen-fixing Symbioses in Non-Leguminous Plants: Preface
32. The results of the IBP survey of root-nodule formation in non-leguminous angiosperms
33. Symbiotic interactions in non-leguminous root nodules
34. Ultrastructural studies of non-leguminous root-nodules
35. Nitrogen fixation in root nodules of alder and pea in relation to the supply of photosynthetic assimilates
36. The formation and nitrogen-fixing activity of the root nodules of Alnus glutinosa under field conditions
37. Endophye adaption in Gunnera-Nostoc symbiosis
38. Nitrogen fixation in some natural ecosystems in Indonesia
39. Bacterial leaf symbiosis and nitrogen fixation
40. A discussion of the results of cross-inoculation trials between Alnus glutinosa and Myrica gale
41. The possibility of extending the capacity for nitrogen fixation to other plant species. A summary of proceedings at an open session held during the Edinburgh meeting
Index.