Biological Nitrogen Fixation Associated with Rice Production Based o

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 exploitat

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Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences Volume 70

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.

Co-ordinating editor

Mustafizur RAHMAN Department of Soll Science, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Editors

Ajit Kumar PODDER BINA, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Charles VAN HOVE Laboratory ofPlant Biology, Catholic University ofLouvain, Belgium

Z.N. Tahmida BEGUM Department ofBotany, University ofDhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Thierry HEULIN Director of Research, CNRS, CENCadarache, France

Anton HARTMANN GSF-Institute of Soil Ecology, Neuherberg, Germany

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SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.

A c.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress

ISBN 978-90-481-4742-7 ISBN 978-94-015-8670-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-015-8670-2

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Contents

Foreword

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Preface

xi xiii

List of Contributors Introduction: Some comments about a better use of biological nitrogen fixation in rice cultivation J. Balandreau and P. Roger

SECTIONI Rhizobia-Iegume symbiosis, green manuring crops and rice soils 1.

2.

3.

Rhizobial biofertilizers: the most promising BNF technology for increased grain legume production in Bangladesh M.A. Sattar, A.K. Podder and M.e. Chanda

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Effect of heavy metals on legume-Rhizobium symbiosis S.e. Pal

21

Effect of straw incorporation on soil N-pool in submerged rice

31

L. Van Holm, G. Senviratne, e. Puype, S. Bowatte and

U. Ratnayake 4.

The use of organie residues in increasing crop production in a wheat-mungbean-T. Aman cropping system on red-brown terrace soils Delowara Khanam, Md Hasan Hajizur Rahman, Md Asadul Haque Bhuiyan, Md Zaherul Islam and A.K.M. Hossain

5.

Leguminous green manures in rice-based cropping systems Mathias Hecker

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Use of green manuring crops in rice fields for sustainable production in Bangladesh agriculture N.I. Bhuiyan and S.K. Zaman

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vi 7.

8.

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Prospect of dhaincha (Sesbania rostrata) intercropping with T. Aus in a T. Aus-T. Aman cropping pattern S.K. Zaman, A T.M.A Choudhury and N.I. Bhuiyan

65

Pedology of the rice soils of Bangladesh

71

S.M. Saheed and M.S. Hussain

SECTIONII Azolla-Anabaena association

9. 10.

Does Azolla have any future in agriculture? C. Van Hove and A Lejeune Utilization of Azolla in rice production in West Africa: potentials and constraints

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V.N.Nguyen

11.

Cultivation and uses of Azolla in Egypt AA El-Basse