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Advances in Chinese research on Azolla

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

Thomas A. Lumpkin
Thomas A. Lumpkin
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Department of Agronomy and Soils, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6420, U.S.A.
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Synopsis

The aquatic fern Azolla has a symbiotic relationship with an N2-fixing cyanobacterium. Fanners in China and Vietnam have used Azolla for centuries as a green manure for rice and as fodder for pigs, ducks and fish. Chinese researchers have been studying Azolla since the early 1950's but many of their achievements are unknown outside China because of language and other communication problems. This article reviews current Chinese Azolla research and focuses on the impact of newly introduced Azolla species in the areas of field application, use of spores, and isolation of the N2-fixing symbiont.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 86: The Biology of Pteridophytes , 1985 , pp. 161 - 167
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1985

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