Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation
Prospects for Enhanced Application in Tropical Agriculture
Rachid Serraj (ed.)
ISBN 978-1-57808-335-0; 2004; 382 pages; US$ 89.95
ABOUT THE BOOK
The International Workshop
on Biological Nitrogen Fixation for Increased Crop Productivity, Enhanced
Human Health and Sustained Soil Fertility was held in June 2002 at
ENSAM-INRA, Montpellier, France. The main goal of the workshop was to define
research strategies for a Challenge Program initiative on Biological
Nitrogen Fixation, and develop a pre-proposal based on the concept note
submitted and approved by the CGIAR iSC. More than 35 participants from
various scientific disciplines, research institutions and from four
different continents (Africa, Asia, Americas and Europe) attended the
workshop.
This book, based on the proceedings of the workshop,
takes a holistic approach to harnessing legume BNF technologies, starting
from a socioeconomic perspective, and progressing to agronomic and genetic
options, and bringing together innovative aspects and participatory research
strategies.
ContentsI. Overview of Legume SNF
Research Achievements in IARCs. Harnessing the Potentials
of BNF for Poor Farmers: Technological, Policy and Institutional Constraints
and Research Needs:
B. Shiferaw, M.C.S. Bantilan and
R. Serraj.
Increasing the Role of Legumes in Smallholder Farming Systems-The Future
Challenge:
S. Twomlow. Biotechnology-based
Contributions to Enhancing Legume Productivity in Resource-poor Areas:
J.H.
Crouch, H.K. Buhariwalla, M. Blair, E. Mace, J. Balaji and
R. Serraj.
Improvement of Legume Productivity and Role of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation
in Cropping Systems: Overcoming the Physiological and Agronomic Limitations:
R. Serraj, J. Adu-Gyamfi, O.P. Rupela and
J.J. Drevon.
Improved Livelihoods from Legumes-A Review of BNF Research at the
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas:
R.S.
Malhotra, T. Blake, A.M. Abd. El-Moneim, W. Erskine, A. Sarker, M.C. Saxena,
R. Thomas and
F.A. Afandi. Biological Nitrogen
Fixation: A Key Input for Integrated Soil Fertility Management in the
Tropics: CIAT-TSBFI Working Group on BNF
. The Ability to Fix N
is not the Only Key to Delivery of the Benefits of BNF to Farmers:
Experience of IITA in the Savannas of Africa:
R.J. Carsky, N. Sanginga,
S. Schulz, B. Douthwaite, V.M. Manyong, J. Diels, B. Vanlauwe and
J.D.H.
Keatinge. Enhancement of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in
Grain Legumes: Selected Results from the FAO/IAEA Programme:
G.
Hardarson. Vegetable Legumes-A Source of Increased
Productivity, Improved Soil Fertility and Nutritional Health:
J.
FriedrichsenII. Future Prospects of Advanced Research on
SNF in ARIs. The Importance of Biological Nitrogen Fixation
by Trees in Agroforestry:
A. Galiana, J.P. Bouillet and
F. Ganry.
Architecture and Maps of the Chickpea Genome: A Basis for Understanding
Plant-Rhizobium
Interactions:
P. Winter, C. Staginnus, B. Huettel,
R. Jungmann, T. Pfaff, A-M. Benko-Iseppon, S. Rakshit, S. Pinkert, M. Baum
and
G. Kahl. Fabamed Interdisciplinary Strategy to
Improve Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation of Legumes in the Mediterranean Basin:
J.J. Drevon, C. Abdelly, N. Amarger, E.A. Aouani, J. Aurag, M. Jebara,
H. Gherbi, C. Lluch, H. Payre, O. Schump, B. Sifi and
M. TrabelsiIII.
Status of Legumes and SNF in South Asia and Africa.
Exploring the Biological Potential of Indigenous African Legumes for
Developing Agri-technologies and SMMEs to Alleviate Poverty in Rural
Communities:
F.D. Dakora and
G.M. Mvalo.
Nitrogen Fixation in the Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)-A Multilocational
Inoculation Trial in Senegal:
N.F.D. Guene, A. Diouf and
M.
Gueye. Design, Development and Promotion of Soybean BNF
Technology in Zimbabwe: Closing the Loop:
S. Mpepereki and
I.
Pompi. Current Status of Food Legume Production and Use of
Biological Nitrogen Fixation Technology in Ethiopia:
Geletu Bejiga.
Status, Constraints and Perspectives of Biological Nitrogen Fixation
Technology in Egypt:
Y.G. Yanni. Institutional
Learning: From BNF Technologies to BNF Innovation Systems:
R.S. Raina,
A.J. Hall and
R.V. Sulaiman. Rhizobium Inoculation
of Leguminous Oilseeds-Results of On-Farm and Farmers' Field Demonstrations
in the ICAR Coordinated Project on BNF:
D.L.N. Rao, T. Natarajan, K.
Ilamurugu, R.S. Raut and
A.K. Rawat. The Role of
Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Increasing Crop Production and Soil
Fertility in Vietnam:
P.V. Toan and
H.D. Tuan.
Status of Biological Nitrogen Fixation Research in the Philippines:
J.E.
Eusebio. Effect of Fertilizers on Nodulation and Growth of
Samanea saman Merr in Presence of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi at Nursery
Level:
M.S. Rahman, M.A.U. Mridha, S.M.S. Huda, M.M. Haque and
S.M.S.
HaqueIV. The CP Pre-Proposal. Biological
Nitrogen Fixation for Increased Crop Productivity, Enhanced Human Health and
Sustained Soil Fertility BNF Challenge Program Pre-Proposal:
R. Serraj,
L. Hein, J.J. Drevon and
K.E. Giller 
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