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Highlights of Nitrogen Fixation Research

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Esperanza Martĺnez

    1. Nitrogen Fixation Research Center, National University of Mexico, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

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  2. Georgina Hernández

    1. Nitrogen Fixation Research Center, National University of Mexico, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

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Table of contents (59 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Nitrogen Fixation and the Biosphere

    • William E. Newton
    Pages 1-8

  3. Genetic and Metabolic Engineering of Rhizobium Etli to Modify (Enhance) Nitrogen Fixation in the Symbiosis with Phaseolus Vulgaris

    • J. Mora
    Pages 9-11

  4. Modulation of Key Symbiotic Metabolic Pathways Through Reverse Genetics of Transgenic Legumes

    • Georgina Hernández, S. Chichkova, R. Suárez, E. Córdoba, J. Arellano, S. I. Fuentes et al.
    Pages 13-15

  5. Constitutive and Nodule-Specific Overexpression of Cytosolic Glutamine Synthetase (GS1) Genes in Alfalfa

    • Jose L. Ortega, Stephen Temple, Suman Bagga, Champa Sengupta-Gopalan
    Pages 17-21

  6. Cloning and Developmental Expression of a Nodule-Enhanced Sucrose Synthase cDNA from Alfalfa

    • D. Lowell Robinson, Gian Trepp, Robert G. Gregerson, Scott N. Twary, Robert Roeven, J. Stephen Gantt et al.
    Pages 23-31

  7. Alanine and Ammonia Release by N2-Fixing Bradyrhizobium Japonicum Bacteroids

    • James K. Waters, Bobby L. Hughes, Larry C. Purcell, Klaus Gerhardt, Thomas P. Mawhinney, David W. Emerich
    Pages 33-35

  8. Is Bacteroid α-Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase Needed for Nitrogen Fixation?

    • Laura S. Green, David W. Emerich
    Pages 37-40

  9. Hopanoid Lipid Content of Bradyrhizobium Bacteria is Dependent on Culture Conditions

    • E. L. Kannenberg, T. Härtner, M. Perzl, S. Schmitz, K. Poralla
    Pages 41-44

  10. Phosphate Metabolism in Rhizobium

    • Timothy R. McDermott
    Pages 45-47

  11. Recent Advances in the Physiology of Drought Stress Effects on Symbiotic N2 Fixation in Soybean

    • R. Serraj, V. Vadez, L. C. Purcell, T. R. Sinclair
    Pages 49-55

  12. Rhizobium Meliloti Lon Protease Plays an Essential Role in the Alfalfa Symbiosis

    • Michael L. Summers, Timothy R. McDermott
    Pages 57-60

  13. Flavonoid Enhancement of Sorghum Root Development

    • K. J. O’Callaghan, V. Jain, M. R. Davey, E. C. Cocking
    Pages 61-63

  14. Analysis of Factors Affecting Competition for Nodulation of Legumes by Rhizobium Leguminosarum

    • Michael F. Hynes, Ivan Oresnik, Christopher K. Yost, Tanya C. Noel
    Pages 65-68

  15. Characterization of Rhizobia Associated with Dalea Spp. in Natural Prairies and Revegetation Areas in Minnesota

    • P. H. Graham, K. G. Ballen, C. Montealegre, R. K. Jones, B. Fischer, E. Luque
    Pages 69-75

  16. Distribution and Characteristics of Bradyrhizobium Spp. Nodulating African Soybeans

    • R. Abaidoo, P. Singleton, H. Keyser, D. Borthakur, K. Dashiell
    Pages 77-84

  17. What Does Strain Persistence Really Mean?

    • J. E. Thies, G. Wijkstra, C. Ronson
    Pages 85-90

  18. Isolation and Characterization of a DNA Fragment Containing Genes for Mimosine Degradation from Rhizobium Sp. Strain TAL1145

    • Dulal Borthakur, Muchdar Soedarjo
    Pages 91-95

  19. Sinorhizobium Meliloti Products Increase Carbon Metabolism in Alfalfa

    • Donald A. Phillips, Hanne Volpin, Cecillia M. Joseph, Guo-Ping Yang
    Pages 97-100

  20. Ecology and Plant Growth-Promoting Activities of the Natural Association between Rhizobium Leguminosarum Bv. Trifolii and Rice Roots

    • F. B. Dazzo, Y. G. Yanni, R. Rizk, F. de Bruijn, V. Corich, A. Squartini et al.
    Pages 101-104
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For 31 years, the North American Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation Conference (for­ merly Rhizobium Conference) has been a forum for scientists and graduate students to discuss their research advances, extending from basic aspects to agricultural appli­ cations, and dealing with topics ranging from bacterial genetics and metabolism to plant genetics and physiology. Nitrogen fixation, being a major life-supporting process on this planet, has attracted the interest of researchers for more than one century. Nitrogen fixation is responsible for the conversion of "inert" dinitrogen (N ) gas from the atmos­ z phere into usable ammonia, replacing the fixed nitrogen constantly being lost to the atmosphere by the denitrification process. Worldwide agricultural productivity is deter­ mined by the availability of fixed nitrogen in all its forms, which the continually increas­ ing human population depends upon for survival. An international momentum is developing in the use of biofertilizers to improve legume and non-legume crop yields and in the study of genomics in this area. New studies are being undertaken in several laboratories to study novel nitrogen-fixing systems, including non-legume crops. The North American Conferences on Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation have periodically chronicled the advances in our knowledge of this area. For the first time, this conference was held in Mexico. Thus, all three North Amer­ ican countries have been hosts for this event. This year conference brought nearly 200 scientists from 18 different countries presenting lectures and over 80 posters.

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  • Nitrogen Fixation Research Center, National University of Mexico, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

    Esperanza Martĺnez, Georgina Hernández

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