eLife
(Feb 2022)
Growing together gives more rice and aquatic food
Jian Liu,
Siri Caspersen,
Jean WH Yong
Affiliations
Jian Liu
ORCiD
School of Environment and Sustainability, Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Siri Caspersen
ORCiD
Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
Jean WH Yong
ORCiD
School of Environment and Sustainability, Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.77202
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11
Abstract
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Allowing aquatic organisms to grow in rice fields – a practice called co-culture – increases rice yields while maintaining soil fertility and reducing weeds.
Keywords
Published in eLife
ISSN
2050-084X (Online)
Publisher
eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
Country of publisher
United Kingdom
LCC subjects
Medicine
Science: Biology (General)
Website
https://elifesciences.org
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