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Azolla—Anabaena symbiosis — its physiology and use in tropical agriculture

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Microbiology of Tropical Soils and Plant Productivity

Part of the book series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences ((DPSS,volume 5))

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Azolla is a water fern widely distributed in aquatic habitats like ponds, canals, and paddies in temperate and tropical regions. This plant has been of interest to botanists and Asian agronomists because of its symbiotic association with a N2-fixing blue-green alga and rapid growth in nitrogen-deficient habitats.

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Watanabe, I. (1982). Azolla—Anabaena symbiosis — its physiology and use in tropical agriculture. In: Dommergues, Y.R., Diem, H.G. (eds) Microbiology of Tropical Soils and Plant Productivity. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7529-3_6

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