MANAGEMENT OF BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE PRODUCTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS by J. K. Ladha (Editor), M.B. Peoples (Editor) ( 9789401040297 )

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MANAGEMENT OF BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE PRODUCTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
EXTENDED VERSIONS OF PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE SYMPOSIUM ON BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AT THE 15TH CONGRESS OF SOIL SCIENCE, ACAPULCO, MEXICO, 1994

By:

J. K. Ladha (Editor), M.B. Peoples (Editor)

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

940104029X

ISBN 13:

9789401040297

Publisher:

SPRINGER

Pub. date:

12 October, 2012

Edition:

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995

Series:

Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences 65

Pages:

291

Description:

Extended versions of papers presented in the Symposium on Biological Nitrogen Fixation for Sustainable Agriculture at the 15th Congress of Soil Science, Acapulco, Mexico 1994

Synopsis:

Table 1. Global allocation of arable land between different com- modities Globally, cereal cropping dominates cultivated land Commodities' Proportion of land area use (around 50% of total area, Table I). The remain- (%) ing arable land is used for production of oilseed, fibre, or food and cash crops. In addition, vast areas are Cereals maintained under temporary or permanent pasture for Wheat 16 forage production (2-3 fold greater than the total area Rice 10 under cultivation and permanent crop; Table 1, Fig. Maize 9 O. All cultivated crops, except for legumes (pulses All other cereals 13 and legume oilseeds) require the soil to provide rel- Total 48 atively large amounts of nitrogen (N). It is necessary for the three most important cereals, wheat (Triticum Legumes aestivum), rice (Oryza sativa) and maize (Zea mays), Legume pulses 5 1 to take up 20 to 40 kg soil N ha- over a period of 3 Legume oilseeds 6 to 5 months to satisfy the N requirements of the seed and supporting vegetative structure for each tonne of Total II grain produced (e. g. Fig. 2; Myers, 1988). Produc- tive pastures on the other hand may assimilate> 100 Other crops kg N ha -\ each annum, of which 50 to 90% will be Other oilseeds 6 consumed by livestock in intensively grazed systems Beverages I Tobacco 7 (Ledgardy, 1991; Thomas, 1995).

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VI, 291 p.

Publication:

Netherlands

Imprint:

Springer

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