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Biological Nitrogen Fixation Associated with Rice Production: Based on selected papers presented in the International Symposium on Biological Nitrogen Fixation Associated with Rice, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 28 November– 2 December, 1994

By J. Balandreau , P. Roger (auth.) , Mustafizur Rahman , Ajit Kumar Podder , Charles Van Hove , Z. N. Tahmida Begum , Thierry Heulin , Anton Hartmann (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1996
ISBN
978-90-481-4742-7, 978-94-015-8670-2
DOI
10.1007/978-94-015-8670-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4982625 bytes)
Series
Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences 70
Edition
1
Pages
248\243
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Plant Sciences; Plant Physiology

Description

Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) has become important in rice farming systems because this process diminishes the need for expensive chemical fertilizers which have been associated with numerous health and environmental problems. The extensive exploitation of BNF would provide economic benefits to small farmers, avoiding all malign influences of chemical fertilizers. Meanwhile, advances in biotechnology have brought rice genetics to the threshold of new opportunities for increasing rice production. This volume focuses, in six different sessions, on the role of BNF in the improvement of rice production in the light of the current state of the art of BNF technology transfer and diffusion. New ideas on BNF technology in research, extension information and inoculant technology are also included, together with the socio-economic impacts of using BNF in rice farm systems.

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