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New frontiers of science offer exciting opportunities to stretch rice research horizons. Recent advances in understanding symbiotic Rhizobium-legume interactions at the molecular level, the discovery of endophytic interactions of nitrogen-fixing organisms with non-legumes and the ability to introduce new genes into rice through transformation have created an excellent opportunity to investigate the possibilities for incorporating N2 fixation capability in rice. During a think-tank workshop organized by IRRI in 1992, the participants reaffirmed that such opportunities do exist for cereals and recommended that rice be used as a model system. Subsequently, IRRI developed a New Frontier Project to coordinate the worldwide collaborative efforts among research centers committed to reducing dependency of rice on mineral N resources. An international Rice Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF) working group was established to review, share research results/materials, and to catalyze research. This volume contains the deliberations made at the second working group meeting, held 13-15 October, 1996 at the National Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE) in Faisalabad, Pakistan. The papers presented in the meeting deal with the recent findings on different approaches related to the establishment of endophytic association, development of N2-fixing nodules similar to legumes and transfer of nif genes to rice.

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Author:   J.K. Ladha ,  F.J. De Bruijn ,  K.A. Malik (National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan)
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
Volume:   75
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9789401064231

ISBN 10:   9401064237
Pages:   223
Publication Date:   10 October 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface; G. Rothschild. 1. Introduction: Assessing Opportunities for Nitrogen Fixation in Rice: - A Frontier Project; J.K. Ladha, et al. 2. Fertilizers and Biological Nitrogen Fixation as Sources of Plant Nutrients: Perspectives for Future Agriculture; O.C. Bockman. 3. Isolation of Endophytic Diazotrophic Bacteria from Wetland Rice; W.L. Barraquio, et al. 4. Isolation of Endophytic Bacteria from Rice and Assessment of Their Potential for Supplying Rice with Biologically Fixed Nitrogen; J. Stoltzfus, et al. 5. Association of Nitrogen-Fixing, Plant-Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) with Kallar Grass and Rice; K.A. Malik, et al. 6. Occurrence, Physiological and Molecular Analysis of Endophytic Diazotrophic Bacteria in Gramineous Energy Plants; G. Kirchhof, et al. 7. Azoarcus spp. and Their Interactions with Grass Roots; B. Reinhold-Hurek, T. Hurek. 8. Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Non-Leguminous Field Crops: Facilitating the Evolution of an Effective Association between Azospirillum and Wheat; I.R. Kennedy, et al. 9. Rhizobial Communication with Rice Roots: Induction of Phenotypic Changes, Mode of Invasion and Extent of Colonization; P.M. Reddy, et al. 10. Natural Endophytic Association Between Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. Trifolii and Rice Roots and Assessment to Promote Rice Growth; Y.G. Yanni, et al. 11. Interactions of Rhizobia with Rice and Wheat; G. Webster, et al. 12. Interactions Between Bacterial Diazotrophs and Non-Legume Dicots: Arabidopsis thaliana as a Model Plant; C. Gough, et al. 13. Root Morphogenesis in Legumes and Cereals and the Effect of Bacterial Inoculation on Root Development; B.G. Rolfe, et al. 14. Strategies for Increased Ammonium Production in Free-Living or Plant Associated Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria; R. Colnaghi, et al. 15. Genetics of Azospirillium brasilense with Respect to Ammonium Transport, Sugar Uptake, and Chemotaxis; A. Van Dommelen, et al. 16. Chitin Recognition in Rice and Legumes; G. Stacey, N. Shibuya. 17. The Role of Phytohormones in Plant-Microbe Symbioses; A.M. Hirsch, et al. 18. The Impact of Molecular Systematics on Hypotheses for the Evolution of Root Nodule Symbioses and Implications for Expanding Symbioses to New Host Plant Genera; S.M. Swensen, B.C. Mullin. 19. Nif Gene Transfer and Expression in Chloroplasts: Prospects and Problems; R. Dixon, et al. 20. Physiological and Genetic Limitations to Enhancing BNF; S. Shantharam, A. Mattoo.

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