Introduction: Assessing opportunities for nitrogen fixation in rice - a frontier project J.K. LadhaF.J. de BruijnK.A. Malik OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 10
Fertilizers and biological nitrogen fixation as sources of plant nutrients: Perspectives for future agriculture O.C. Bøckman OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 14
Isolation of endophytic diazotrophic bacteria from wetland rice W.L. BarraquioL. RevillaJ.K. Ladha OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 24
Isolation of endophytic bacteria from rice and assessment of their potential for supplying rice with biologically fixed nitrogen J.R. StoltzfusR. SoF.J. de Bruijn OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 36
Association of nitrogen-fixing, plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) with kallar grass and rice K.A. MalikRakhshanda BilalS. Ali OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 44
Occurrence, physiological and molecular analysis of endophytic diazotrophic bacteria in gramineous energy plants G. KirchhofV.M. ReisA. Hartmann OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 55
Azoarcus spp. and their interactions with grass roots Barbara Reinhold-HurekThomas Hurek OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 64
Biological nitrogen fixation in non-leguminous field crops: Facilitating the evolution of an effective association between Azospirillum and wheat Ivan R. KennedyLily L. Pereg-GerkSunietha Katupitiya OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 79
Rhizobial communication with rice roots: Induction of phenotypic changes, mode of invasion and extent of colonization P.M. ReddyJ.K. LadhaFrans J. de Bruijn OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 98
Natural endophytic association between Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii and rice roots and assessment of its potential to promote rice growth Youssef G. YanniR.Y. RizkFrank B. Dazzo OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 114
Interactions of rhizobia with rice and wheat G. WebsterC. GoughE.C. Cocking OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 122
Interactions between bacterial diazotrophs and non-legume dicots: Arabidopsis thaliana as a model plant Clare GoughJacques VasseJean Dénarié OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 130
Root morphogenesis in legumes and cereals and the effect of bacterial inoculation on root development B.G. RolfeM.A. DjordjevicJ. McIver OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 144
Strategies for increased ammonium production in free-living or plant associated nitrogen fixing bacteria Rita ColnaghiAndrew GreenChristina Kennedy OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 154
Genetics of Azospirillum brasilense with respect to ammonium transport, sugar uptake, and chemotaxis A. Van DommelenE. Van BastelaereJ. Vanderleyden OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 160
The role of phytohormones in plant-microbe symbioses A.M. HirschY. FangY. Kapulnik OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 184
The impact of molecular systematics on hypotheses for the evolution of root nodule symbioses and implications for expanding symbioses to new host plant genera Susan M. SwensenBeth C. Mullin OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 192
Nif gene transfer and expression in chloroplasts: Prospects and problems Ray DixonQi ChengMandy Dowson-Day OriginalPaper Pages: 193 - 203
Enhancing biological nitrogen fixation: An appraisal of current and alternative technologies for N input into plants Sivramiah ShantharamAutar K. Mattoo OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 216