Sustainable alternative animal feeds: Recent advances and future perspective of using azolla as animal feed in livestock, poultry and fish nutrition

NANM Nasir, SA Kamaruddin, IA Zakarya… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Azolla is a small, free-floating water fern with a global distribution. Azolla can be used as a
feedstock because it is high in proteins, fatty acids, amino acids and vitamins. Low economic …

A review on the use of azolla meal as a feed ingredient in aquatic animals' diets

MA Yohana, GW Ray, Q Yang, B Tan, S Chi… - Aquaculture …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The aquaculture industry's insatiable demand for fishmeal has led to a price surge,
prompting the search for a sustainable alternative protein source. Enter Azolla meal, a plant …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary treatment of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) with aquatic fern (Azolla caroliniana) improves growth performance, immunological response, and …

C Lumsangkul, NV Linh, F Chaiwan… - Aquaculture …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present study was performed to examine the effects of aquatic fern (Azolla
caroliniana)(AQF) on growth performance, skin mucus and serum immunities, and disease …

Foliar spray or soil drench: Microalgae application impacts on soil microbiology, morpho-physiological and biochemical responses, oil and fatty acid profiles of chia …

SM Youssef, RS El-Serafy, KZ Ghanem, A Elhakem… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Chia is an important medicinal plant and is a rich source of omega-3 and
omega-6 fatty acids. Alkaline soil inhibits the growth and productivity of all crops, including …

Utilisation of aquatic fern (Azolla sp.) powder for supplementing semolina pasta: quality characteristics of produced pasta

A Kaur, A Singh, A Gupta, VKR Surasani… - … Journal of Food …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aquatic fern (Azolla sp.) powder was used as a non‐conventional protein source to
supplement semolina pasta. The pre‐blanched and dried powder of Azolla was used to …

Evolutionary genomic insights into cyanobacterial symbioses in plants

S de Vries, J de Vries - Quantitative Plant Biology, 2022 - cambridge.org
Photosynthesis, the ability to fix atmospheric carbon dioxide, was acquired by eukaryotes
through symbiosis: the plastids of plants and algae resulted from a cyanobacterial symbiosis …

Light and Temperature Shape the Phenylpropanoid Profile of Azolla filiculoides Fronds

A Costarelli, S Cannavò, M Cerri… - Frontiers in plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Azolla is a genus of floating freshwater ferns. By their high growth and N2 fixation rates,
Azolla species have been exploited for centuries by populations of South-east Asia as …

Bisphenol-A incite dose-dependent dissimilitude in the growth pattern, physiology, oxidative status, and metabolite profile of Azolla filiculoides

A Sarkar, N Gogoi, S Roy - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Bisphenol-A (BPA) is a ubiquitous environmental pollutant affecting the growth and
development of aquatic macrophytes. The present study was designed to evaluate the toxic …

[HTML][HTML] Azolla cultivation enables phosphate extraction from inundated former agricultural soils

RJE Vroom, AJP Smolders, BP Van de Riet… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
To combat the global loss of wetlands and their essential functions, the restoration and
creation of wetlands is imperative. However, wetland development is challenging when soils …

Critical evaluation of novel applications of aquatic weed Azolla as a sustainable feedstock for deriving bioenergy and feed supplement

A Arora, P Nandal, A Chaudhary - Environmental Reviews, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Azolla is often considered an invasive weed because of the rapid colonization on water
surfaces. It is a free-floating aquatic fern, known for its N fixing potential, short doubling time …