Alfalfa and Relatives
Alfalfa and Relatives

Author: Ernest Small

Publisher: NRC Research Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 764

ISBN-13: 0660199793

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Best known as an animal feed, Alfalfa Medicago sativa is one of the most important and widely produced livestock crops grown throughout the temperate world. "Alfalfa and Relatives: Evolution and Classification of Medicago" provides an in-depth introduction to the Medicago genus, exploring its evolution, breeding and adaptation. Not only are Alfalfa's agricultural and environmental benefits unsurpassed but, due to technological advances, this staple crop is now being developed as a source of human food extracts, pharmaceuticals, enzymes, industrial chemicals, and biofuels. Through this detailed text the authors define the ecological applications of the plant whilst carefully illustrating its economic value and its growing importance as a genetic resource

Bulletin
Bulletin

Author: United States. Bureau of Plant Industry

Publisher:

Published: 1909

Total Pages: 586

ISBN-13:

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Nitrogen Fixation: Fundamentals and Applications
Nitrogen Fixation: Fundamentals and Applications

Author: Igor A. Tikhonovich

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 1995-10-31

Total Pages: 804

ISBN-13: 9780792337072

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Nitrogen fixation research is presented as a rapidly developing, synergistic area of modern science, using the methods of, and accumulating data from, many fundamental branches of biology and chemistry. These include catalytic mechanisms, protein structure and function, molecular organization of genes and the regulation of their activities, biochemistry of plants and microorganisms, the signalling and surface interactions between organisms, microbial taxonomy and evolution, formal and population genetics, and ecology. The relationships between biological nitrogen fixation research and different branches of applied biology are addressed and analyzed, such as: the monitoring of genetically engineered microorganisms, selection of plant-associated microbes, plant breeding, increasing the protein content of crops, providing ecologically safe food production, and diminishing the chemical pollution of the environment. Immediate impacts and long-term prospects for nitrogen fixation research are presented: both fundamentals and applications.