The aquatic term, 'azolla' together with the blue-green algae (anabaena azollae) provides a symbiotic association that can fix agronomically significant amounts of nitrogen (N). The usefulness of ...

Azolla fertilizer at Wangari Kuria's farm can be used as a protein nutrient in farm animals such as chicken and cattle and also can be used in crop farming. [David Gichuru, Standard] The soaring ...

Filipino rice farmers may save as much as P17,500 per year if they intercrop palay with azolla particularly in irrigated areas as it can help cut their fertilizer expenses, the Philippine Rice ...

Scientists have been campaigning to turn the fast-growing Azolla into a food of the future. Others envision it becoming both a sustainable biofuel and a fertilizer that captures carbon. What is Azolla ...

Vol. 137, No. 1, Selected papers from the PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON NITROGEN FIXATION WITH NON-LEGUMES (November (I), 1991), pp. 25-36 (12 pages) Nostoc, a genus of ...

Al-Mafraq, Jordan – Inside a greenhouse in al-Makeefta village in northern Jordan, Iman al-Athemat stood holding a spaghetti strainer she uses to harvest Azolla growing on the surface of pools. The ...

If you ever watch a duck float across a pond, gobbling up the vegetation coating the surface, that bird is way ahead of its time. The buoyant greenery is azolla, a tiny fern that grows like crazy, ...