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Chapter 1 - Understanding plant-root interactions with rhizobacteria to improve biological nitrogen fixation in crops: Ulrike Mathesius, Australian National University, Australia; Jian Jin, La Trobe University, Australia and Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Yansheng Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; and Michelle Watt, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany and University of Melbourne, Australia; 1 Introduction 2 Understanding existing interactions of plants with nitrogen-fixing rhizobacteria 3 Improvements and limitations to nitrogen-fixing associations and engineering new symbioses 4 Conclusion 5 Acknowledgements 6 Where to look for further information 7 References Chapter 2 - Advances in optimising nitrogen-use efficiency in crop production: J. F. Angus, CSIRO Agriculture and Food and Graham Centre – Charles Sturt University, Australia; 1 Introduction 2 Some definitions of nitrogen-use efficiency 3 Nitrogen demand and supply 4 Practices to increase nitrogen-use efficiency 5 Nitrogen overuse 6 Conclusion 7 Acknowledgement 8 Where to look for further information 9 References Chapter 3 - Advances in understanding uptake and utilization of nitrogen in wheat: Ajit S. Nehe and M. John Foulkes, University of Nottingham, UK; 1 Introduction 2 Forms of plant-available nitrogen and the role of nitrogen 3 Definitions of nitrogen-use efficiency and its components 4 Agronomic improvement of nitrogen-use efficiency 5 Genetic trends in relation to nitrogen-use efficiency 6 Physiological traits for improving nitrogen-use efficiency 7 High-throughput phenotyping for nitrogen-use efficiency 8 Conclusion 9 Where to look for further information 10 References Chapter 4 - Improving the uptake and assimilation of nitrogen in wheat plants: Jacques Le Gouis, INRA, France and Malcolm Hawkesford, Rothamsted Research, UK; 1 Introduction 2 Nitrogen uptake 3 Nitrogen assimilation 4 Nitrogen remobilization 5 Future trends in research 6 Where to look for further information 7 Acknowledgements 8 References