CO-CULTURES Growing together gives more rice and aquatic food

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

doi:10.7554/eLife.77202

Other publication in scientific journal - Peer-reviewed, 2022

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

Caspersen, Siri

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Biosystems and Technology

Yong, Jean W.H

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Biosystems and Technology

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