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#Conservation #Azolla #NTU #Ecology #InvasiveSpecies #Biodiversity #Nottinghamshire #Weevils

Prof. Kanyaratt Supaibulwatana team from Mahidol University presented a #review 📃Important role and benefits of #Azolla #plants in the management of #agroecosystem services, biodiversity, and sustainable #rice production in #Southeast #Asia
🖇️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Experiment met Azolla: dikke drijfmat in ingegraven bakken.

Zekers. Dat is ook waarom ik bij @ribesresearch.bsky.social en #B-WARE nog steeds een experiment heb instaan met #Azolla 😇. Al 2 jaar kweek op sterk P-naleverende landbouwbodem. Wordt vervolgd 😉

Sustainable Wheat (Triticum aestivum, L.) Production Using Newly Organic Fertilizers and Bio-Biostimulants in sandy soil This work aims to unveil newly organic fertilizers: a mix of 45% from both plant compost and chicken manure together and 10% Azolla (OFAZ) at 7 t/fed., with foliar spraying on plant or soil fertigatio...

Preprint: Field results from Egypt confirm value of #Azolla in novel organic fertilizer mix combined with yeast extract sprays. This offers sustainable, cost-effective solution for sandy soils to increase wheat, quality, reduced environmental hazard impact
doi.org/10.21203/rs....

Landscape genomics and demography of California Azolla Azolla was collected and sequenced across California as a part of the California Conservation Genomics Project. We identify three major populations of Azolla in the state. Out of these groups, we are ...

Have you ever wondered what "species" of #Azolla there are in California given the fact that they all look the same? Well look no further! New preprint with @tribblelab.bsky.social @ixchelgr.bsky.social @crothfels.bsky.social and @fernway.bsky.social #CCGP www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Working on the weekend is pretty great when this is the vibe. #sonomacounty #azolla

Inhibition mechanism of Microcystis aeruginosa in coculture of Lemna and Azolla: Insights from non-targeted Metabonomics Microcystis aeruginosa, a harmful alga in cyanobacterial blooms, damages aquatic ecosystems. Species diversity may control the blooms by increasing ec…

Co-culture filtrate of #Lemna & #Azolla inhibits harmful cyanobacterium M. aeruginosa. Two key allelochemicals were identified which are believed to disrupt algal cell membranes, offering a promising eco-friendly approach to managing algal blooms.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Department of Animal Husbandry Promotes Azolla and Hydroponic Fodder Cultivation in Little Andaman - Nicobar Times Tarun Karthick Sri Vijaya Puram, 22 March 2025 The Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services, in collaboration with UT-ATMA, organized a day-long demonstration on…

The Department of Animal Husbandry promotes #Azolla cultivation at a demonstration day in Little Andaman, India, as a sustainable feed supplement to boost livestock productivity and farmers' income. nicobartimes.com/local-news/d...

Grote kroosvaren, Azolla filiculoides, is een drijvende watervaren die in Nederlands begin 20e eeuw is ingeburgerd. Hier een winterbeeld: de planten zijn gedrongen en hebben roze randen.

Wortelmassa verzameld uit de kweekvijvers zijn in porties verdeeld en in de koelcel bewaard voor 5 jaar. Vervolgens heb ik ze weer opgekweekt door er water op te zetten: na 3 weken kiemden de eerste sporen. Een gekiemd sporenplantje, nog heel klein op de tip van een prepareernaald. Verschillende microscopische opnamen van de kiemplant. Binnenin zie je de cyanobacterie Nostoc azolla. Dat is de symbiont die stikstof fixeert voor de varen. Deze Nostoc herken je als een soort blauwgroene kralensnoertjes.

Nog een stikstof-fixerende bacterie: #Nostoc azollae, een #cyanobacterie die samen leeft met #Azolla oftewel Grote #kroosvaren.

Op de foto 5 jaar oude varensporen die kiemen. Niet alleen Azolla, maar ook de Nostoc heeft overleefd!

Logisch natuurlijk, maar mooi om het bevestigd te zien 😄

Collector inspects Azolla cultivation District Collector Tejas Nand Lal Pawar conducted a surprise inspection of Gunjaluru village on Saturday.

From our #Azbio team:
Farmers in Gunjaluru, India, are cultivating #Azolla under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, producing 2.5 kg per trough weekly for livestock fodder, and enhancing milk production.
www.thehansindia.com/telangana/co...

Close-up photo of Azolla growing on the surface of a pond.

The nitrogen-fixing #fern #Azolla has a complex #microbiome characterized by varying degrees of cophylogenetic signal

New #AJB research by @mickischill.bsky.social, Forrest Freund, @tribblelab.bsky.social, @fernway.bsky.social & @crothfels.bsky.social et al.

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany

The nitrogen‐fixing fern Azolla has a complex microbiome characterized by varying degrees of cophylogenetic signal Premise Azolla is a genus of floating ferns that has closely evolved with a vertically transmitted obligate cyanobacterium endosymbiont—Anabaena azollae—that fixes nitrogen. There are also other les...

New #Azolla #microbiome #CCGP paper! With @tribblelab.bsky.social @crothfels.bsky.social and @fernway.bsky.social

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#azolla #waterfern #nativeplants
#naturalist #symbiosis #aquatic #pnwplants #ancientplants

Thank you @plantae_org https://plantae.org/?p=21682 for highlighting our PCE article — with i.a. Sophie & @CellEvo — on JA/SA in #Azolla #ferns #symbiosis #plants #evolution
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pce.13131/fu...

Invasion risk map for alien aquatic plants of Spain & Portgal #azolla & #eichhornia predicted to do best #EBDpub

Is there foul play in the leaf pocket? Exciting news on the #fern #Azolla #microbiome #symbiosis onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.14843/fu...

Frontiers | Metabolic Adaptation, a Specialized Leaf Orga... Sustainable agriculture demands reduced input of man-made...

Diel #RNAseq profiling on #Azolla #NitrogenFixation
#symbiosis #plants #cyanobacteria journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.201...

Review of how waterbirds disperse and spread invasive/alien plants and invertebrates (e.g. #Artemia or #Azolla)

climate change and eutrophication linked to Azolla invasion in Doñana
#EBDpub #Azolla