Manure Based Duckweed Production in Shallow Sink: Effect of Genera on Biomass and Nutrient Yield of Duckweed under the Same Nutritional and Management Conditions

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 686-693

  Chowdhury, S A ^a   Sultana, N ^a   Huque, K S ^a   Huque, Q M E ^a  

^a BANGLADESH LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bio mass yield; Duckweed; Lemna; Nutritive value; Spirodela; Wolffia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034413050     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2000.686     Document Type: Article

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