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Nitrogen fixing plants in forest plantation management

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Biological nitrogen fixation in forest ecosystems: foundations and applications

Part of the book series: Forestry Sciences ((FOSC,volume 9))

Abstract

There is a wide range of nitrogen fixing plants that have been used in forestry with the presumed objective of raising soil nitrogen levels and subsequently improving the growth of the non-nitrogen-fixing forest species. The nitrogen fixing plants that have been tried in managed forest systems range from trees to herbs and shrubs which fix nitrogen through root associations with either Rhizo bium strains in the case of legumes,or an actinomycete of the genus Frankia in the case of non legumes.

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    Present address: School of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Melbourne, Creswick, Victoria, 3363, Australia

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Turvey, N.D., Smethurst, P.J. (1983). Nitrogen fixing plants in forest plantation management. In: Gordon, J.C., Wheeler, C.T. (eds) Biological nitrogen fixation in forest ecosystems: foundations and applications. Forestry Sciences, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6878-3_8

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