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Genetic Engineering for Nitrogen Fixation

Genetic Engineering for Nitrogen Fixation

Hollaender, Alexander

Paperback

Series: Basic Life Sciences, Book 9

Botany & HorticultureZoology

ISBN10: 1468408828
ISBN13: 9781468408829
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Dec 27 2012
Pages: 538
Weight: 1.62
Height: 1.13 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
There is a time in scientific research when a number of developments coincide making it possible to progress with a tough and complicated problem. It is believed that such a time has come in the area of biological nitrogen fixation. A better understanding of photosynthesis, cell hybridization, plasmid, and gene transfer between cells not necessarily genetically related, have opened new avenues of research. New developments in traditional genetics, cell biology, biochemistry, including enzyme chemistry, and plant physi- ology have brought about the feeling this is a most appro- priate time to pull together the different approaches in a conference where the lines of research could be discussed and thus help to speed up developments in this area. What makes biological nitrogen fixation especially im- portant is the promise that a good understanding of the basic problem would help us to make organisms more amenable to fix nitrogen, not only in symbiosis with legumes, but also with other plant species and develop a wider variety of organisms with the ability to fix N - It will also 2 encourage a search for naturally occurring N2 fixing organ- isms other than the traditional N2 fixers. Some success has already been encountered in this area. Success in broadening the field of nitrogen fixing would help to increase food supply, especially in de- veloping countries which cannot afford to purchase synthetic nitrogen sources.

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