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Enhancement of Napier grass growth through introduction of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria

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Edward J. Philips
Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.
Phyllis Hansen
Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.
Thomas Velardi
Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.
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N-fixation
Cyanobacteria
Synechococcus
Napier grass

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Enhancement of Napier grass growth through introduction of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria. (1993). Tropical Agriculture, 70(3). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/7109
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Abstract

The effect of introducing N-fixing cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) on biomass crop growth was studied using a newly isolated strain of Synechococcus and a Napier grass - pearl millet hybrid under laboratory conditions. Introduction of this cyanobacterium significantly enhanced the rate of plant growth and biomass yield from seed to young plant.
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