Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Opening lecture

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Biological nitrogen fixation by endophytic diazotrophs in non-leguminous crops in the tropics

      • J. Dobereiner, V. L. D. Baldani

      Pages 3-7

3. Biochemistry and genetics of diazotrophs

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Analysis of nitrogen fixation and regulatory genes in the sugar cane endophyte Acetobacter diazotrophicus

      • Sunhee Lee, Myrna Sevilla, Dietmar Meletzus, Katia Teixeira, Andre De Oliveira, Lena Perlova et al.

      Pages 11-19

   3. Functional analysis of a cloned nifA homologous gene of Azospirillum brasilense Yu62

      • Gui Su, Yinsuo Zhao, Jilun Li

      Pages 21-24

   4. Identification of plant growth hormones produced by bacterial isolates from rice, wheat and kallar grass

      • Ghulam Rasul, M. Sajjad Mirza, Farooq Latif, Kauser A. Malik

      Pages 25-37

4. Ecophysiological studies for the improvement of plant—microbe interaction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39

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   2. The rice endophytic diazotroph and PGPR

      • W. Song, H. L. Yang, X. L. Sun, Y. S. Wang, Y. D. Wang, Z. H. Chen

      Pages 41-48

   3. Effect of Azospirillum inoculation on growth and N₂ fixation of maize subjected to different levels of FYM using ¹⁵N-dilution method

      • H. M. A. El-Komy, T. M. M. Moharram, M. S. A. Safwat

      Pages 49-59

   4. Contribution of non-leguminous biofertilizers to rice biomass, nitrogen fixation and fertilizer-N use efficiency under flooded soil conditions

      • Sikander Ali, Naima Hamid, Ghulam Rasul, Samina Mehnaz, Kauser A. Malik

      Pages 61-73

   5. Detection of inoculated plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in the rhizosphere of rice

      • Samina Mehnaz, M. Sajjad Mirza, Uzma Hassan, Kauser A. Malik

      Pages 75-83

   6. Posters

      1. Salt tolerance of diazotroph <i>Alaligenes faecalis</i> and its salt-tolerant association with host rice

         • S. Z. Ping, M. Lin, Y. N. Liu, C. B. You, Kauser A. Malik

         Pages 87-89

      2. Interaction of <i>Azorhizobium caulinodans</i> with different rice cultivars for increased N₂ -fixation

         • Shahida Nasreen Khokhar, Azra Qureshi

         Pages 91-93

      3. Response of wheat to an associative diazotroph inoculum under different rates of nitrogen fertilizer

         • A. Rashid, M. R. Sajjad, M. A. Gill, M. S. Cheema, M. S. Sindhu, M. M. Nayyar

         Pages 95-97

      4. Effects of high temperature on nitrogen fixation in soybean cultivars

         • M. I. Keerio, J. M. Wilson

         Pages 99-102

      5. Effect of plant growth regulators and <i>Rhizobium</i> inoculum on N₂-fixation and yield of chickpea

         • Zarrin Fatima, A. Bano, M. Aslam

         Pages 103-106

5. Paranodulation and forced association of diazotrophs with non-legumes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107

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   2. Prospects for facilitated evolution of effective N₂-fixing associations with cereals: comparative performance of Azospirillum brasilense Sp7-S with various free-living diazotrophs in para-nodulated wheat

      • Ivan R. Kennedy, Sunietha Katupitiya, Daiguan Yu, Kate Gilchrist, Rosalind Deaker, Lily Pereg-Gerk et al.

      Pages 109-124

   3. Transgenic rice plants with Parasponia haemoglobin gene and its expression

      • Wei Guo, Shan Xueqin, Ding Qunxing, Liu Bolin, Jing Yuxiang

      Pages 125-131

Diazotrophic bacteria convert atmospheric nitrogen to plant-useable form and this input of nitrogen through biological fixation is of great agronomic importance. The contributions presented in this volume relate to free-living nitrogen fixers and the diazotrophs associated with plants. Symbiotic association of Frankia with non-legumes and cyanobacterial associations are also discussed. Research topics covered in this volume include the biochemistry and genetics of diazotrophs, recent developments in improvement of plant-microbe interactions and their molecular basis, the use of molecular probes in taxonomy and ecology of diazotrophs and reports on field applications, agronomic importance and improvement in methodologies for assessing their contribution to plants. This book provides valuable information not only for researchers working in the field of biological nitrogen fixation but also for biochemistry, molecular biologists, microbiologists and agronomists.

• Expression
• IAA
• Tryptophan
• bacteria
• biochemistry
• ecology
• evolution
• microbe
• nitrogen
• pesticide
• roots
• transgen
• wheat

• National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan

  Kauser A. Malik, M. Sajjad Mirza

• International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Manila, Philippines

  J. K. Ladha

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