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Table of contents (37 papers)

Front Matter

Pages i-xvi

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

D. P. Beck, L. A. Materon

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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
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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Front Matter

Biological Nitrogen Fixation in the Mediterranean Region

Front Matter

The Role of Pasture and Forage Legumes in Livestock Based Farming Systems

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

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

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

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

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

The Role of Legumes in Agricultural Production in Cyprus

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

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

The Status of Biological Nitrogen Fixation Research in Lebanon

Genetic and Physiological Aspects of Legumes and Rhizobia

Front Matter

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

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

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

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

Host-Rhizobium Relationships and their Implications for Legume Breeding

Infection, Development and Functioning of Nodules Under Drought and Salinity

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

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