Symbiosis of plants and microbes

Author(s)

• Werner, Dietrich

Bibliographic Information

Symbiosis of plants and microbes

D. Werner

Chapman & Hall, 1992

Other Title

Pflanzliche und mikrobielle Symbiosen

Note

Original German language edition-Pflanzliche und mikrobielle Symbiosen

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Symbiotic associations are of great importance in agriculture and forestry, especially in plant nutrition and plant cultivation. This book provides an up-to-date and lucid introduction to the subject. The emphasis is on describing the variety of symbiotic relationships and their agricultural and environmental applications.

Table of Contents

An overview: the meaning of plant and microbe symbioses and the endosymbiont theory of evolution of chloroplasts and mitochondria. Specific associations between micro-organisms and plants. The Rhizobium/Bradyrhizobium-Fabales symbiosis. The Bradyrhizobium sp. -Parasponia symbiosis. Actinorhiza. Other bacterial symbioses. Cyanobacterial symbioses. Phycosymbioses. Lichens and Geosiphon. Vesticular-Arbuscular mycorrhiza. Ectomycorrhiza, ericoid- and orchidmycorrhizae. Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA1916217X
• ISBN:
  • 0412362309
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ger
• Place of Publication: London ; Glasgow
• Pages/Volumes: x, 389 p.
• Size: 24 cm.
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 574.52482