Genetic Engineering of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and Conservation of Fixed Nitrogen

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Prefatory Chapter — Enhancing Biological Production of Ammonia from Atmospheric Nitrogen and Soil Nitrate....Pages 2-5
Support of Problem Focused Nitrogen Fixation Research at the National Science Foundation....Pages 7-10
Biological Nitrogen Fixation Research at the University of California, Davis....Pages 11-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Molecular Cloning of Nitrogen Fixation Genes from Rhizobium Meliloti ....Pages 15-30
Cloning DNA from Rhizobium Meliloti Using a New Broad Host Range, Binary Vehicle System....Pages 31-40
Molecular Cloning of Rhizobium Japonicum DNA in E. Coli and Identification of Nitrogen Fixation ( Nif ) Genes....Pages 41-53
The Identification, Location and Manipulation of Genes in Rhizobium ....Pages 55-63
The Role of Rhizobium Plasmids in Host Specificity....Pages 65-77
“Redox Control” of Nitrogen Fixation: An Overview....Pages 79-93
A Mutant of Rhizobium Japonicum 110 with Elevated Nif Activity in Free-Living Culture....Pages 95-105
Detrimental and Beneficial Effects of Oxygen Exerted on Hydrogen-Oxidizing Bacteria....Pages 107-129
Hydrogen Uptake (HUP) Plasmids: Characterization of Mutants and Regulation of the Expression of Hydrogenase....Pages 131-136
Detection of Plasmids in Rhizobium Japonicum ....Pages 137-140
Chemolithotrophy in Rhizobium ....Pages 141-158
Hydrogen Uptake (Hydrogenase) Activity of Rhizobium Japonicum Strains Forming Nodules in Soybean Production Areas of the U.S.A.....Pages 159-171
Proline Over-Production Enhances Nitrogenase Activity Under Osmotic Stress in Klebsiella Pneumoniae ....Pages 173-179
Selection of Naturally Occurring Stress Tolerant Rhizobium ....Pages 181-191
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Evaluating Potentially Superior Rhizobium Strains in Soybeans....Pages 195-205
Physiological Interactions Between Alaska Peas and Strains of Rhizobium Leguminosarum that Differ in Plasmid-Linked Genes....Pages 207-216
Evaluating Elite Alfalfa Lines for N 2 -Fixation Under Field Conditions....Pages 217-232
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Successes and Problems Encountered While Breeding for Enhanced N 2 Fixation in Alfalfa....Pages 233-248
Biochemical Genetics of Ribulose Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase: High Frequency Transfer and Chromosome Mobilization by Broad Host-Range R-Factors in CO 2 -Fixing Bacteria....Pages 249-256
Photosynthetic Enzyme Regulation by the Ferredoxin/Thioredoxin and the Ferralterin Mechanisms....Pages 257-277
Regulation of Photosynthetic CO 2 Fixation....Pages 279-292
Hydrolysis of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase by Partially Purified Endoproteinases of Senescing Primary Barley Leaves....Pages 293-303
The Relationship Between Ribulose Bisphosphate Carboxylase Concentration and Photosynthesis....Pages 305-312
Front Matter....Pages 313-313
Nitrogen Fixation by Cyanobacterial Heterocysts....Pages 315-331
Photosynthate Limitation of Nitrogen Fixation in the Blue-Green Alga, Anabaena Variabilis ....Pages 333-341
Physiological Studies on N 2 -Fixing Azolla ....Pages 343-362
Application of Azolla in Crop Production....Pages 363-384
A New Woody Plant Which Fixes Nitrogen: Chamaebatia Foliolosa (Rosaceae)....Pages 385-393
Soil Factors Limiting Nodulation and Nitrogen Fixation in Purshia ....Pages 395-407
Front Matter....Pages 409-409
Overview of Denitrification....Pages 411-427
The Physiological Genetics of Denitrification in Pseudomonas ....Pages 429-443
On Regulating the Synthesis of Nitrate Reductase....Pages 445-449
The Conversion of $$N{O_3}^ - $$ to $$N{H_4}^ + $$ in Klebsiella Pneumoniae ....Pages 451-461
Denitrification by the Photosynthetic Bacterium, Rhodopseudomonas Sphaeroides Forma Sp. Denitrificans : Mechanism of Electron Transport to Nitrate and Nitrite Reduction....Pages 463-472
Production of Nitrous Oxide as a Product of Nitrite Metabolism by Enteric Bacteria....Pages 473-480
Use of Nitrogen-13 and Nitrogen-15 in Studies on the Dissimilatory Fate of Nitrate....Pages 481-497
Soil Denitrification....Pages 499-516
Front Matter....Pages 409-409
Nitrate Transport Processes and Compartmentation in Root Systems....Pages 517-532
Reduction of Nitrate and Nitrite in Barley Leaves in Darkness....Pages 533-539
Influence of Light and CO 2 on Nitrate Assimilation by Barley Seedlings....Pages 541-546
Light Interaction with Nitrate Reduction....Pages 547-560
Interaction Between $$N{O_3}^ - $$ , $$N{O_2}^ - $$ , and $$N{H_4}^ + $$ During Assimilation in Detached Barley Leaves....Pages 561-568
Vacuolar Nitrate and the Isolation of Vacuoles for Localization and Transport Studies....Pages 569-577
The Effect of pH, Temperature, and $$N{O_3}^ - $$ Concentration on $$N{H_4}^ + $$ Absorption and N 2 (C 2 H 2 )-Fixation by Soybeans....Pages 579-580
Recurrent Divergent and Mass Selections in Maize with Physiological and Biochemical Traits: Preliminary and Projected Application....Pages 581-598
Inheritance of Nitrite Reductase....Pages 599-603
Modelling Dynamic Aspects of Nitrogen in Soils and Plants....Pages 605-622
Integration of Nitrate and Ammonium Assimilation in Higher Plants....Pages 623-638
A New Approach to the Analysis of Reductive and Dissipative Costs in Nitrogen Assimilation....Pages 639-650
Strategies for Achieving Self Sufficiency in Nitrogen on a Mixed Farm in Eastern Canada Based on Use of the Faba Bean....Pages 651-671
Back Matter....Pages 673-698