Description: Legume Nitrogen Fixation in a Changing Environment Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Achievements and Challenges Author(s): Saad Sulieman, Lam-Son Phan Tran Format: Hardback Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG ISBN-13: 9783319062112, 978-3319062112 Synopsis The world population will grow more rapidly during the few coming years. This must be accompanied by a parallel increase in the agricultural production to secure adequate food. Sustainability considerations mandate that alternatives to chemical nitrogen fertilizers must be urgently sought. Biological nitrogen (N2) fixation, a microbiological process which converts atmospheric N2 into a plant-usable form, offers this alternative. Among these renewable sources, N2-fixing legumes offer an economically attractive and ecologically sound means of reducing external inputs and improving internal resources. Environmental factors such as drought, elevated temperature, salinity, soil acidity and rising CO2 are known to dramatically affect the symbiotic process and thus play a part in determining the actual amount of nitrogen fixed by a given legume in the field. Understanding how nodule N2 fixation responds to the environment is crucial for improving legume production and maintaining sustainability in the context of global change. In this thoughtful and provocative new Brief, we provide critical information on how current and projected future changes in the environment will affect legume growth and their symbiotic N2 fixing capabilities. Each section reviews the main drivers of environmental change on the legume performance that include drought, elevated temperature, salinity and rising CO2, and soil acidity. Importantly we discuss the molecular approaches to the analysis of the stress response in legumes and the possible biotechnological strategies to overcome their detrimental effects.
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Book Title: Legume Nitrogen Fixation in a Changing Environment
Number of Pages: 133 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Legume Nitrogen Fixation in a Changing Environment: Achievements and Challenges
Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
Publication Year: 2015
Subject: Medicine, Biology
Item Height: 235 mm
Item Weight: 3697 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Saad Sulieman, Lam-Son Phan Tran
Subject Area: Bioengineering, Natural Science
Item Width: 155 mm
Format: Hardcover
