The turn of the millennium from the twentieth to the twenty-first
century provides an occasion to review our understanding of a
biological process, biological nitrogen fixation, that is of prime
importance for the continued survival of mankind. This process has
provided a basis for maintaining soil fertility since the beginning
of organised agriculture, yet its very existence was confirmed only
just over a century ago. In the intervening years, an enormous
intellectual effort has dispersed much of the mystery surrounding
biological nitrogen fixation. Biological fixation is widely
exploited in agriculture, as are nitrogen fertilisers prepared for
the last hundred years under extreme conditions of temperature and
pressure. However, despite all our efforts, the fundamental nature
of the reactions involved at the heart of the biological process
remain unknown.
This book aims to describe what we have learned in the last one
hundred years or so about biological nitrogen fixation, about what
its chemistry appears to be, and how it is applied in agriculture.
This ambitious objective has not been attempted recently. It is
aimed at students and those who wish to enter these very
challenging areas of research, and who need to learn the state of
the art at the turn of the millennium.
The authors are all acknowledged world experts in their fields.
They have prepared concise, well referenced and authoritative
accounts of their subjects. This book provides a unique summary of
the current state of knowledge that will be indispensable to all
students and researchers, actual and potential, interested in
biological nitrogen fixation.
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