Azolla-Anabaena as a Biofertilizer for Rice Paddy Fields in the Po Valley, a Temperate Rice Area in Northern Italy

Azolla is a floating pteridophyte, which contains as endosymbiont the nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Anabaena azollae (Nostocaceae family). Widely cultivated in the Asian regions, Azolla is either incorporated into the soil before rice transplanting or grown as a dual crop along with rice. To examin...

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Main Authors: Stefano Bocchi, Antonino Malgioglio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:International Journal of Agronomy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/152158