Wastewater management through biomass of Azolla pinnata: An eco-sustainable approach

Ambio

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 426-428

  Rai, Prabhat Kumar ^a  

^a MIZORAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FERN; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER;

AZOLLA PINNATA;

EID: 34548259457     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2007)36[426:WMTBOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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22. The author is thankful to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research for financial assistance.