Present-day nitrogen-fixing plants. [Conference paper]

Present-day nitrogen-fixing plants. [Conference paper]

Nitrogen-fixing plants supply the bulk of the combined nitrogen added each year to the surface of the Earth. The author considers each of the major groups of such plants, their role as providers of combined nitrogen and ways in which such plants could be further exploited as sources of combined nitr...

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Published in:Ambio Vol. 6; no. 2/3; pp. 166 - 173
Main Author: Stewart W.D.P
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 1977
Subjects:
Algae
Bacteria
Cyanobacteria
Legumes
Lichens
Liverworts
Nitrogen
Plants
Rice
Symbiosis
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Summary:Nitrogen-fixing plants supply the bulk of the combined nitrogen added each year to the surface of the Earth. The author considers each of the major groups of such plants, their role as providers of combined nitrogen and ways in which such plants could be further exploited as sources of combined nitrogen. Using examples from his own work, he points to some of the problems which will have to be overcome if new groups of nitrogen-fixing plants are to be achieved.
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ISSN:0044-7447
1654-7209