Vance, C.P. and Graham, P.H. and Allan, D.L. (2000) Biological Nitrogen Fixation: Phosphorus - A Critical Future Need? In: Nitrogen Fixation: From Molecules to Crop Productivity. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, 38 . Springer Netherlands, pp. 509-514. ISBN 978-0-306-47615-0
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The importance of biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) to world food security is unquestionable. Since the dawn of farming, symbioses capable of BNF have been instrumental in both supplying food and improving soil health (van Kessel, Hartley 2000). Today Earth’s 6 billion people consume an average of nearly 11 g N per day or about 24 Mt annually (Fink et al. 1999). Worldwide legumes provide at least 33% of humankind’s N needs, however, in the tropics and subtropics plant sources provide much more (up to 80%) of the dietary N requirements. Legumes are grown on approximately 275 million hectares............
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Author Affiliation: | 1.United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Plant Science Research, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA 2.Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA 3.Soil, Water, and Climate Departments, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA |
| Subjects: | Plant Protection > Pesticides Soil Science and Microbiology > Soil Sciences |
| Divisions: | General |
| Depositing User: | Mr. SanatKumar Behera |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Mar 2012 11:32 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Mar 2012 11:32 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47615-0_291 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/3896 |
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