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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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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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
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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
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Cultivation and uses of Azolla in Egypt AA El-Basse
