Abstract
With the phenomenal increase in urban population and industrial growth during the past few decades, some of the major problems of a basic nature confronting mankind are those of quantity and quality of food, feed, drinking water, disposal of sewage and industrial wastes, and of proper conservation of soils and waters. Suitably controlled algal growth can provide positive help in tackling these problems.
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Kumar, H.D., Singh, H.N. (1979). Economic Importance. In: A Textbook on Algae. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16144-7_4
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