Week 12: Role of leghemoglobin Effect of environment on nitrogen fixation
Course Material
- Week 1: Introduction about the course, Importance of nitrogen
- Week 2 Nitrogen cycle and Assimilation of nitrate ion
- week3: Assimilation of ammonium ion and Nitrogen fixation
- Week 4. Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) Potentialities of BNF
- Week 5: Perspectives of biological Nitrogen Fixation
- Week 6: limitations of BNF
- Week 7: BNF in symbiotic and non-symbiotic association in legumes
- Week8: BNF in symbiotic and non-symbiotic association in non-legumes
- Week 9:Stages in nodulation Nitrogenase structure
- Week 10: Nitrogenase function Mechanism of BNF
- Week 11: Gas Exchange in nodule
- Week 12: Role of leghemoglobin Effect of environment on nitrogen fixation
- Week 13: Legume inoculent and inoculation techniques.
- Week 14: Stem nodules, Prospect for making new symbiosis
- Week 15: Physiological limitations Genetic improvement of BNF
- Week 16: Possibilities of engineering non-legume plants for nitrogen fixation
- Chapters 16
- Department Agronomy
- Teacher
Dr. Muhammad Mansoor Javaid
