Of the major metabolic processes going on in cells, the two most important in maintaining
the productivity of the earth-photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation-are characteristic of the …

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier gave ni. fi. trogen the name" azote," meaning" without life,"
because it dif fered from the other main component of air (oxygen) in being unable to sustain …

RWF Hardy and UD Havelka genetic makeup of bacteria or the grains? Cereals that could
provide their own fertilizer are beyond doubt the biggest prize of all in the gift of the new …

The subject of nitrogen metabolism is reviewed in relation to nitrogenous compounds in
plants. The synthesis and breakdown of nitrogen compounds are regarded as a …

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This book discusses the association that exists between plants and their most important
dietary component, nitrogen. The author combines ecological, physiological and …

Nitrogen constitutes approximately 2 per cent and carbon approximately 40 per cent of the
dry weight of plants. On a world-wide scale it is estiн mated that 200 billion tons of carbon …

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THE direct utilization by higher plants of nitrogen fixed by blue-green algae could play a
substantial part in the Earth's nitrogen cycle. That certain species of blue-green algae can fix …

Virtually unlimited amounts of the principal constituent elements of living matter are present
on earth, but organic production is primarily deн pendent on the conversion of two of these …