Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Biology of interactions between plants and diazotrophic bacteria

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Development and function of Azospirillum-inoculated roots

      • Y. Okon, Y. Kapulnik

      Pages 3-16

   3. Lichens to Gunnera — with emphasis on Azolla

      • G. A. Peters, R. E. Toia Jr., H. E. Calvert, B. H. Marsh

      Pages 17-34

   4. Establishment of inoculated Azospirillum spp. in the rhizosphere and in roots of field grown wheat and sorghum

      • V. L. D. Baldani, M. A. de B. Alvarez, J. I. Baldani, J. Döbereiner

      Pages 35-46

   5. Effects of oxygen partial pressure and combined nitrogen on N₂-fixation (C₂H₂) associated with Zea mays and other gramineous species

      • D. A. Zuberer, D. B. Alexander

      Pages 47-58

   6. Adhesion of fimbriated nitrogen-fixing enteric bacteria to roots of grasses and cereals

      • Timo K. Korhonen, Eeva-Liisa Nurmiaho-Lassila, Tuula Laakso, Kielo Haahtela

      Pages 59-69

3. Microbial ecology of diazotrophic bacteria

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71

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   2. Ecological factors and adaptive processes in N2-fixing bacterial populations of the plant environment

      • J. Balandreau

      Pages 73-92

   3. Nitrogen fixation associated with roots of Kallar grass (Leptochloa fusca L. Kunth)

      • Y. Zafar, M. Ashraf, Kauser A. Malik

      Pages 93-105

   4. Growth and survival of Azospirillum brasilense and Arthrobacter giacomelloi in binary continuous culture

      • I. Cacciari, M. Del Gallo, S. Ippoliti, D. Lippi, T. Pietrosanti, W. Pietrosanti

      Pages 107-116

   5. Population dynamics of Azospirillum brasilense and its bacteriophage in soil

      • J. J. Germida

      Pages 117-128

   6. Chemotaxis of free-living nitrogen-fixing bacteria towards maize mucilage

      • G. Mandimba, T. Heulin, R. Bally, A. Guckert, J. Balandreau

      Pages 129-139

   7. Utilization of simple phenolics for dinitrogen fixation by soil diazotrophic bacteria

      • Yiu-Kwok Chan

      Pages 141-150

   8. Enrichment of diazotrophic bacteria from rice soil in continuous culture

      • M. Kloss, K.-H. Iwannek, I. Fendrik, E.-G. Niemann

      Pages 151-164

4. Biochemistry and physiology of nitrogen fixation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165

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   2. Biochemistry and physiology of nitrogen fixation with particular emphasis on nitrogen-fixing phototrophs

      • W. D. P. Stewart, P. Rowell

      Pages 167-191

   3. Aspects of nitrogen fixation and denitrification by Azospirillum

      • G. Danneberg, A. Kronenberg, G. Neuer, H. Bothe

      Pages 193-202

   4. Studies of the adenylate and pyridine nucleotide pools during nitrogenase ‘switch-off’ in Rhodospirillum rubrum

      • S. Nordlund, L. Höglund

      Pages 203-209

   5. Shifts in the intracellular ATP pools of immobilised Nostoc cells (Cyanobacteria) induced by water stress

      • M. Potts, Nancy S. Morrison

      Pages 211-221

Biological fixation of nitrogen by organisms and associations other than those concerned in the legume-Rhizobium symbiosis has attracted increasing attention since the firstintemationalworkshop on the theme at Piracicaba, Brasil, in 1979. Approximately 150 scientists gathered on September 2-8, 1984, at the Hanasaari Cultural Centre near Helsinki, Finland, for the third international meeting on nitrogen fixation with non-legumes. Forty-two papers and 39 posters were presented; 32 of the papers have been broughttogetherin this publication. The Symposium was generously sponsored by the FinnishNational Fund for Research and Development (SITRA) in connection with a large project on biological nitrogenfixation and utilization ofnitrogen extending from 1980 to 1985. The Symposium was organized jointly by SITRA, which dealt with all practical matters very efficiently and with impressive concern for the welfare of the participants, and Societas Biochemica, Biophysica et Microbiologica Fenniae, the society of Finnish microbiologists, which made valuable contributions on scientific matters. As in the previous symposium at Banff, Canada, in 1982 the programme did not involve parallel sessions~ all participants had the opportunity of listening to all presentations. Consequently, the FIN- NIF Symposium profited from a steady audience and the consistency this gave to the discussions. In view of the growing interest in N-fixation with non-legumes and the continuous broadening of the field, such an arrangement may not be possible in the future. I thank all participants for their contributionsto both oral sessions and poster presentations, and hope that this publication will become a frequently quoted source of knowledge.

• Genotyp
• Nucleotide
• Regulation
• nitrogen
• physiology
• roots
• water stress
• wheat

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