Application of Azotobacter enhances pond productivity and fish biomass in still water ponds

Aquaculture International

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-231

  Garg, S K ^a   Bhatnagar, Anita ^a   Narula, Neeru ^a  

^a CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Azotobacter; Biofertilizer; Common carp (Cyprinus carpio); Nitrogenase activity; Phosphate solubilization; Plankton production

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIOFERTILIZER; FISH POND; PRODUCTIVITY;

AZOTOBACTER CHROOCOCCUM;

EID: 0031746021     PISSN: 09676120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009254727404     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. APHA (1989) Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste Water (16th edn). American Public Health Association: New York.
2. 2 evolution and ATP hydrolysis, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 56, 979-986.
3. Edwards, P. (1980) A review of recycling organic wastes into fish, with emphasis on the tropics. Aquaculture 21, 261-279.
4. El Samra, M.I. and Olah, J. (1979) Significance of nitrogen fixation in fish ponds. Aquaculture 18, 367-372.
5. Gaind, S. and Gaur, A.C. (1991) Thermotolerant P-solubilising mutant and their interaction with moongbean. Plant and Soil 133, 141-149.
6. Garg, S.K. (1996) Brackish water carp culture in potentially waterlogged areas using animal wastes as pond fertilizers. Aquaculture International 4, 143-155.
7. Garg, S.K. and Bhatnagar, A. (1996) Effect of varying doses of organic and inorganic fertilizers on plankton production and fish biomass in brackish water fish ponds. Aquaculture Research 27, 157-166.
8. Golterman, H.L., Clymo, R.S. and Ohnstad, M.A.M. (1978) Methods for Physical and Chemical Analysis of Fresh waters. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 213 pp.
9. Gordon, J.K. and Jacobson, M.R. (1983) Isolation and characterisation of Azotobacter vinelandii mutant strains with potential as bacterial biofertilizer. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 29, 973-978.
10. Horne, A.J. and Viner, A.B. (1971) Nitrogen fixation and its significance in tropical lake George, Uganda. Nature 232, 417-418.
11. Howarth, R.W., Marino, R., Lane, J. and Cole, J.J. (1988a) Nitrogen fixation in fresh water, estuaries and marine ecosystems. 1. Rates and importance. Limnology and Oceanography 33, 669-687.
12. Howarth, R.W., Marino, R. and Cole, J.J. (1988b) Nitrogen fixation in fresh water, estuaries and marine ecosystems. 2. Biogeochemical controls. Limnology and Oceanography 33, 688-701.
13. Jensen, H.L. (1965) Non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation. In: Soil Nitrogen (eds W.V. Bartholomew and F.E. Clark) American Society of Agronomy: Madison, WI, pp. 436-480.
14. Jensen, V. (1951) Notes on the biology of Azotobacter. Proceedings of the Society of Applied Bacteriology 74, 89-93.
15. Knud-Hansen, C.G. and Batterson, T.R. (1994) Effect of fertilization frequency on the production of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Aquaculture 123, 271-280.
16. Lakshminarayana, K. (1993) Influence of Azotobacter on nitrogen nutrition of plants and crop productivity. Proceedings of Indian National Science Academy 59, 303-308.
17. Lakshminarayana, K. and Narula, N. (1995) Development of Azotobacter chroococcum as biofertilizers for cereals and oil seed crops. In: Plant Microbe Interaction in Sustainable Agriculture (eds R.K. Behl, A.L. Khurana and R.C. Dogra) CCSHAU: Hisar and Max Muller Bhawan: New Delhi, pp. 115-120.
18. Lakshminarayana, K., Narula, N., Hooda, I.S. and Faroda, A.S. (1992) Nitrogen economy in wheat (Triticum aestivum) through use of Azotobacter chroococcum. Indian Journal of Agriculture Science 62, 75-76.
19. McFarland, M.A. and Toetz, D.W. (1988) Nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction) in Lake Hefner, Oklahoma. Archives of Hydrobiology 114, 213-220.
20. Mishra, M.M., Phogat, V.K., Goyal, S. and Yadav, K.S. (1983) Solubilization of phosphorus from mussoorie rock phosphate by Aspergillus awamori and humic substances. Tropical Plant Science Research 1, 221-224.
21. Narula, N., Nighawan, D.C., Lakshminarayana, K.L., Kapoor, P.L. and Verma, O.P.S. (1991) Response of pearl millet to soil isolates and analogue resistant mutants of A. chroococcum. Indian Journal of Agriculture Science 61, 484-487.
22. 2 fixation. Limnology and Oceanography 30, 1246-1252.
23. van Rijn, J. and Shilo, M. (1989) Fish culture. In Warm Water Systems: Problems and Trends (eds M. Shilo and S. Sarig) CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, pp. 163-177.
24. Roger, P.A. and Kulasooriya, S.A. (1980) Blue Green Algae and Rice. The International Rice Research Institute: Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines, 112 pp.
25. Snedecor, G.W. and Cochran, W.C. (1971) Statistical Methods. Iowa State University Press: Ames, IA. 593 pp.
26. Terzaghi, B.E. and Terzaghi, E. (1986) Azotobacter biology, biochemistry and molecular biology. In: Nitrogen Fixation, Volume 4, Molecular Biology (eds W.J. Broughton and A. Puhler) Clarendon Press: Oxford, pp. 127-167.
27. Thompson, J.P. and Skerman, V.B.D. (1979) Azotobacteriaceae: The Taxonomy and Ecology of the Aerobic Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria. Academic Press: London, 417 pp.
28. Wetzel, R.C. and Likens, G.E. (1979) Limnological Analysis. Saunders: Philadelphia, PA, 357 pp.
29. Wohlfarth, G.W. and Schroeder, G.L. (1979) Use of manure in fish farming - a review. Agricultural Wastes 1, 279-299.
30. Yadava, N.K. and Garg, S.K. (1992) Relative efficacy of different doses of organic fertilizer and supplement feed utilization under intensive fish farming. Bioresource Technology 42, 61-65.