Nitrogen Fixation in Crop Production

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David W. Emerich and Hari B. Krishnan, editors

ISBN: 978-0-89118-170-5
Pages: 422

The only book of its kind to present the science, application, and politics of the use of nitrogen-fixing crop plants across the globe in various environments, Nitrogen Fixation in Crop Production is a problem-solving look forward to the next Green Revolution. Nitrogen fixation can help provide a growing population with a nutritious, environmentally friendly, sustainable food supply. From new "omics" approaches to the role of nitrogen fixation in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, from farming strategies in nonindustrialized nations to nitrogen fixation in the global economy, scientists will find the key issues and expanding research areas, and how they contribute to the next wave of advancements related to agriculture and the environment. Agron. Monogr. 52. Hardcover. 2009. ASA, CSSA, SSSA. Item: B40724. View the Table of Contents (PDF).