Azospirillum VI and Related Microorganisms

Section I - Plenary Lectures.- Endophytic Occurrence of Diazotrophic bacteria in Non-Leguminous Crops.- N2-Fixation by Endophytic Bacteria: Questions of Entry and Operation.- Achievements in the Genetics of Nitrogen Fixation in Hungary.- Section II - Genetics.- Azospirillum-Cereals: a Partnership.- Phylogenetic Studies of the Genus Azospirillum.- Genetic Control of Nitrogen Assimilation and Nitrogen Fixation in Free Living Azospirillum brasilense: a Review.- Involvement of nifA and glnB Genes in Expression of Nitrogen Fixation Genes in Azospirillum brasilense.- Polysaccharide Synthesis in Azospirillum brasilense.- Biodegradation of Polysaccharides by Azospirillum.- Genetical Aspects of Indole Acetate Production in Azospirillum brasilense Sp245.- Auxin Biosynthesis and Denitrification in Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria.- Azospirillum Phylogeny Based on rrs (16S rRNA Gene) Sequences.- Involvement of Ion Protease of Azospirillum brasilense in Iron Uptake.- Cloning and Analysis of an Azospirillum brasilense Iteron and hsl UV Operon Containing Region.- Cloning of a Streptomyces Endoglucanase Gene in Azospirillum brasilense.- Initiation of Monocot Plant Development in vitro for Studying Plant-Microbe Interaction.- Chitinase Expression in Strawberry Root Colonization by Azospirillum brasilense and V.A Mycorrhiza.- Section III - Interactions with Other Microorganisms.- Endophytic Bacteria: Their Possible Role in the Host Plant.- VAM-Fungi and Their Interactions with Other Microorganisms.- Interaction of Rhizobia with Non-Legume Crops for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation Nodulation.- Diazotrophic Mixed Cultures of Azospirillum brasilense and Enterobacter cloacae.- Molecular Study of the Interaction of Azospirillum lipoferum with Wheat Germ Agglutinin.- Short-Term Attachment of Bacteria from the Rhizobiaceae Family to the Roots of Cereals.- Interactions Between Azospirillum and Phialophora radicicola.- Establishment of Two Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria on Roots of Kallar Grass Using Alginate-Coated Seed in Mixed Inoculation.- First Results of Individual and Dual Inoculation with Azospirillum-Glomus on Wheat.- Morphogenesis of Strawberry Roots Infected by Azospirillum brasilense and V.A. Mycorrhiza.- Specific Interaction Between Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and Three Chickpea-Rhizobium Strains Inoculated Singularly and in Combination with Azospirillum brasilense Cd.- Section IV - Physiology and Molecular Biology.- Interactions Between Partners in the Association "Wheat-Azospirillum brasilense Sp245".- Azospirillum brasilense Exopolysaccharide Complexes, Their Possible Involvement in Bacteria-Wheat Roots Interactions and the Suggested Nature of These Interactions.- Continuous Culture Application in Physiological investigations of Diazotrophic Bacteria.- Changes in Membrane Potential upon Chemotactic Stimulation of Azospirillum brasilense.- Physiological Aspects of Phytohormone Production by Azospirillum brasilense Sp7.- Laccase Activity in Azospirillum lipoferum: Characteristics, melanization and Tn5 Mutants.- Wheat Lectin Possibly Serves as a Signal Molecule in the Azospirillum-Wheat Association.- Biochemical Characterization of IAA Mutants of Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 Induced by Transposon Tn5 Mutagenesis.- Influence of Asparagine and Aspartic Acid on Growth of Azospirillum.- Inoculation with Azospirillum brasilense Cd Affects the Root System Development of Sorghum bicolor.- Laccase Activity in Azospirillum lipoferum: Substrates and Inhibitors.- Conversion of Tryptophan, Indole-3-Pyruvic Acid, Indole-3-Lactic Acid and Indole to Indole-3-Acetic Acid by Azospirillum brasilense Sp7.- Transformation of Aniline and Its Chlorinated Derivatives by Azotobacter agilis.- Reduction of 4-Chloronitrobenzene by Azospirillum lipoferum.- Immunological Properties of Azospirillum Cell Surface: the Structure of Carbohydrate Antigens and Evaluation of Their Involvement in Bacteria-Plant Contact Interactions.- Role of Choline and Glycine Betaine in Azospirillum brasilense Cd under Salinity Stress.- Bioreactor Systems for Research on Rhizosphere Bacteria.- Section V - Ecology.- Artificial Plant-Azotobacter Symbiosis for Atmospheric Nitrogen Fixation.- Taxonomic and Ecologic Studies of Diazotrophic Rhizosphere Bacteria Using Phylogenetic Probes.- Coaggregation of Azospirillum with other Bacteria: Basis for Functional Diversity.- Soil Parameters wich Affect the Survival of Azospirillum brasilense.- Chemotaxis in Plant-Associated Bacteria: the Search for the Ecological Niche.- Occurrence, Isolation and Identification of Azospirillum Strains in Greece.- Influence of the Carbon Substrate on the Composition of the Exocellular Polysaccharides by Azospirillum brasilense.- Identification of Azospirillum by Oligonucleotide Probes After Isolation from Soil and Sorghum Rhizoplan Contaminated or not by the Parasitic Plant: Striga.- Ecological Aspects of Azorhizobium caulinodans in the Rhizosphere of Rice Seedlings.- Associative, Symbiotic N2-Fixers and Scavenger Strains, Affected by Cu2+ and Zn2+in vitro.- Section VI - Field Experiments, Applications.- Inoculation Effects of Azospirillum on Sunflowers (Heliantus annus) Under Different Fertilization and Irrigation Regimes.- Inoculation of Genetically Modified Strains of Azospirillum: Monitoring of Population Dynamic.- Growth Stimulation in Graminees, Legumes, and Crucifers by Pseudomonas-Bacteria.- Experimental System for Creating New Type of N2-Fixing Plants.- Survival of Associative Nitrogen Fixers in Rhizoplane as a Criterion for Estimation of Their Effect on Inoculated Plants.- Adhesion of Rhizosphere Bacteria to Roots of Maize and Wheat.- Occurrence of Dinitrogen-Fixing Bacteria and Acetylene Reduction Activity in a Rhizosphere of Five Selected Plants from Tropics.- Dominant N2-Fixing Microflora in a Paddy Soil and Effect of Rice Inoculation with Azospirillum Bacteria.- Isolation and Characterization of Azospirillum Strains from Soil and Rice Plants in North Vietnam.- List of Participants from NATO Countries.- Other Participants.- List of Participants from Non-NATO Countries.