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 ...

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Dear Dr Othieno, I am a mixed farmer, keeping cattle, pigs, and poultry on my small farm. I normally supplement pasture with commercial feeds. But recently, there has been an increase in the price of ...

Those driving along the Delta Highway north of the Valley River Center Mall may notice a unique quirk of the Delta Ponds this time of year: they are red. The red stuff adorning the 150-acre waterway ...

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 ...

Azolla is a floating aquatic fern with a very fast growth. That’s important for multiple reasons, the first being that the fern shows “great promise as a biofuel,” says Rothfel. While it’s been used ...

Cultures of Azolla caroliniana Willd. free of the symbiotic blue-green alga, Anabaena azollae, were obtained by treatment of Azolla fronds with a regimen of antibiotics. These symbiont-free plants can ...

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 ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Azolla fertilizer at Wangari Kuria’s farm. Azolla can be used as a source of protein ...