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Comparison of Azolla mexicana and N and P fertilization on paddy taro (Colocasia esculenta) yield

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A. Tekle-Haimanot
UNDP/FAO Regional Root Crops Development Systems Project RAS/86/034, Apia, Western Samoa, South Pacific
E.V. Doku
UNDP/FAO Regional Root Crops Development Systems Project RAS/86/034, Apia, Western Samoa, South Pacific
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Incorporation
Intercropped
Decomposition
Leaching
Fixation
Inoculation
Canopy

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Comparison of Azolla mexicana and N and P fertilization on paddy taro (Colocasia esculenta) yield. (1995). Tropical Agriculture, 72(1). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/2613
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Abstract

The yields of taro intercropped with Azolla and under slowly flowing water (F) and taro intercropped with Azolla after incorporation of Azolla into mud (B) were compared with N and P fertilization and a control in Mangaia, The Cook Islands. Significantly, higher yields were obtained for treatments F and B than for the chemical fertilization treatment, which had a minimal effect on yield. The control produced 53.4 and 64. 7% of yield of treatments F and B, respectively.
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