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Physiological Studies on N2-Fixing Azolla

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Genetic Engineering of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and Conservation of Fixed Nitrogen

Abstract

Azolla, a genus of heterosporous aquatic ferns generally included in the Salviniaceae, is widely distributed in tropical and temperate fresh-water ecosystems. Members of the genus are capable of growth in environments deficient in combined nitrogen since they invariably contain an N2-fixing cyanophyte which can provide their total N requirements. The current interest and potential of these N2-fixing associations as an alternative N source in rice culture, as well as their long time usage for this purpose in the Far East, is well documented (Moore, 1969; Tuan and Thuyet, 1979; Liu, 1979; Singh, 1979; Rains and Talley, 1979; Talley and Rains, 1980; Watanabe et al., 1977).

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Peters, G.A., Ito, O., Tyagi, V.V.S., Kaplan, D. (1981). Physiological Studies on N2-Fixing Azolla . In: Lyons, J.M., Valentine, R.C., Phillips, D.A., Rains, D.W., Huffaker, R.C. (eds) Genetic Engineering of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and Conservation of Fixed Nitrogen. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3953-3_29

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