OBPC SYMPOSIUM: MAIZE 2004 & BEYOND - INTRACELLULAR COLONIZATION OF CEREALS AND OTHER CROP PLANTS BY NITROGEN-FIXING BACTERIA FOR REDUCED INPUTS OF SYNTHETIC NITROGEN FERTILIZERS From: In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology | Date: July 1, 2005| Author: Cocking, Edward C | Copyright Society for In Vitro Biology Jul/Aug 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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The problem of environmental nitrogen enrichment is most likely to be solved by reducing the inputs of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers through the creation of cereals that, like legumes, are able to fix nitrogen. In legumes, rhizobia present intracellularly in vesicles in the cytoplasm of nodule cells fix nitrogen endosymbiotically. Rhizobia within these membrane-bounded compartments are supplied with energy from plant photosynthates and, in return, the bacteria provide the plan...

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