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CO-CULTURES Growing together gives more rice and aquatic food

Liu, Jian; Caspersen, Siri; Yong, Jean W.H

Abstract

Allowing aquatic organisms to grow in rice fields – a practice called co-culture – increases rice yields while maintaining soil fertility and reducing weeds.

Keywords

paddy ecosystem; aquatic animals; nitrogen recycling; facilitation; co-culture; sustainable cultivation; aquaculture; Other

Published in

eLife
2022, volume: 11, article number: e77202

Authors' information

Liu, Jian
University of Saskatchewan
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Biosystems and Technology
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Biosystems and Technology

Associated SLU-program

SLU Network Plant Protection

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG2 Zero hunger

UKÄ Subject classification

Agricultural Science
Fish and Aquacultural Science

Publication Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.77202

URI (permanent link to this page)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/115979