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Efficient Biological Nitrogen Fixation Under Warming Climates

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Climate Change and Management of Cool Season Grain Legume Crops

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Nitrogen fixation (NF) in legumes results from their symbiotic interaction with soil bacteria called rhizobia to form nitrogen fixing root nodules.The reduction of atmospheric nitrogen (N2) to ammonium by rhizobia is an important activity making N available for agricultural soils. Drought is one of the most common stress factors affecting legume yields worldwide. Given the climatic trends viz a viz global warming and subsequent desertification, drought stress is likely to remain a serious problem in major agricultural zones of the world. This chapter reviews the role of the symbiotic interaction between legume and rhizobium for increased seed yield under drought conditions with special attention being given to chickpea, lentil, field pea, faba beans and lathyrus, the major cool season grain legume crops. Physiological, ecological, molecular and genetic aspects of NF in response to drought stress are discussed together with inoculation and agronomic practices in order to increase yields in dry land conditions.

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Kantar, F. et al. (2010). Efficient Biological Nitrogen Fixation Under Warming Climates. In: Yadav, S., Redden, R. (eds) Climate Change and Management of Cool Season Grain Legume Crops. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3709-1_15

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