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Nitrogen Fixation by Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture

Proceedings of a workshop on Biological Nitrogen Fixation on Mediterranean-type Agriculture, ICARDA, Syria, April 14–17, 1986

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. D. P. Beck

    1. The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria

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  2. L. A. Materon

    1. The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria

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Part of the book series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences (DPSS, volume 32)

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Table of contents (37 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Biological Nitrogen Fixation in the Mediterranean Region

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Role of Pasture and Forage Legumes in Livestock Based Farming Systems

      • P. S. Cocks
      Pages 3-10

    3. Food Legumes in the Mediterranean Type of Environment and ICARDA’s Efforts in Improving their Productivity

      • M. C. Saxena
      Pages 11-23

    4. Development of a Regional Program on Biological Nitrogen Fixation to Enhance Agricultural Production in the Near East

      • M. G. Zaroug
      Pages 25-31

    5. Maximizing Biological Nitrogen Fixation by Forage and Pasture Legumes in Semi-Arid Areas

      • L. A. Materon
      Pages 33-40

    6. The Use of Biological Nitrogen Fixation to Develop Livestock and Cereal Production in Morocco

      • M. Ismaili, A. Bentassil
      Pages 41-46

    7. Annual Forage Legumes in the Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Turkey

      • Esvet Acikgoz
      Pages 47-54

    8. The Role of Legumes in Agricultural Production in Cyprus

      • I. Papastylianou
      Pages 55-63

    9. Woody Legumes in Arid and Semi-arid Zones: the Rhizobium-Prosopis chilensis Symbiosis

      • J. Olivares, M. A. Herrera, E. J. Bedmar
      Pages 65-72

    10. Biological Nitrogen Fixation Research on Grain Legumés in Ethiopia — An Overview

      • Desta Beyene
      Pages 73-78

    11. The Status of Biological Nitrogen Fixation Research in Lebanon

      • Mahmoud B. Solh
      Pages 79-90

  3. Genetic and Physiological Aspects of Legumes and Rhizobia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. Analysis of the Host Genes Controlling the Legume-Rhizobium Symbiosis: Some Technical Problems and Pitfalls

      • T. A. Lie, J. Pijnenborg, P. C. J. M. Timmermans
      Pages 93-100

    3. Cloning Gene(s) for Competitive Nodulation Blocking on Afghanistan Peas from Rhizobium leguminosarum

      • D. N. Dowling, U. Samrey, W. J. Broughton
      Pages 101-107

    4. Physiology and Genetics of Rhizobium Nodulating Chickpeas (Cicer arietinum L.)

      • Tomas Ruiz-Argüeso, Esther Cadahia, Antonio Leyva
      Pages 109-119

    5. Rhizobium Strains from Wild and Primitive Legumes: A Nuisance or a Valuable Gene Pool?

      • T. A. Lie, D. Goktan, M. Engin
      Pages 121-129

    6. Host-Rhizobium Relationships and their Implications for Legume Breeding

      • R. L. Mytton, D. M. Hughes, J. Kahurananga
      Pages 131-143

    7. Infection, Development and Functioning of Nodules Under Drought and Salinity

      • J. I. Sprent, H. H. Zahran
      Pages 145-151

    8. The Role of Mycorrhiza in Improving the Establishment and Function of the Rhizobium-Legume System under Field Conditions

      • J. M. Barea, C. Azcon-Aguilar, R. Azcon
      Pages 153-162
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Editors and Affiliations

  • The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria

    D. P. Beck, L. A. Materon

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nitrogen Fixation by Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a workshop on Biological Nitrogen Fixation on Mediterranean-type Agriculture, ICARDA, Syria, April 14–17, 1986

  • Editors: D. P. Beck, L. A. Materon

  • Series Title: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1387-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: ICARDA 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-3624-9Published: 31 January 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7119-2Published: 01 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-1387-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 396

  • Topics: Plant Sciences

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