Symbiosis of plants and microbes
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Symbiosis of plants and microbes
Chapman & Hall, 1992
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Pflanzliche und mikrobielle Symbiosen
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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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