Culture of Azolla in a pond, nutrient composition, and use as fish feed

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-34

  Shiomi, Nobuyuki ^a   Kitoh, Shunji ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Feeding of Tilapia; Growth of Azolla; Nutrient composition; Pond

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; AZOLLA; AZOLLA FILICULOIDES; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FILICOPHYTA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PTERIDOPHYTA; TILAPIA;

EID: 0035029690     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2001.10408365     Document Type: Article

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