Nutritional potential of Echinochloa pyramidalis (Lam.) Hitchc. & chase, a forage plant used in constructed wetlands treatment of faecal sludge and wastewater

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 4397-4408

  Pare, Marie Madeleine Ngoutane ^a   Koné, Doulaye ^b,c   Kengne, Ives Magloire ^a   Dongo, Kouassi ^d   Akoa, Amougou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c African Water Association (AfWA)   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d Swiss Centre for Scientific Research (CSRS)   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Echinochloa pyramidalis; Flooding; Nutritive value; Salinity; Treatment period

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; ECHINOCHLOA; ECHINOCHLOA PYRAMIDALIS;

EID: 80052834092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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