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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...