FILAMENTOUS ALGAL DIVERSITY IN KOLE WETLAND PADDY FIELDS.
- Guest Lecturer in Botany, Department of Botany, St. Dominics College, Kanjirappally.
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The Kole wetlands in Thrissur is one of the significant food production grounds of Kerala which is considered as an unparalleled freshwater ecosystem and is a part of Vembanad-Kole Ramsar site. The name ?Kole? refers to the peculiar high yielding type of paddy cultivation practice carried out in this flooded wetland for about six months in a year. The present study is an attempt to screen the filamentous algae in kole paddy fields. Altogether, 28 species of blue-green algae were identified. Green algae were Mougeotia species and five filament types of Spirogyra.The significant contributions of these algae to soil fertility in terms of the physico-chemical, biological and soil-water relations are well established in terms of soil conditioning and soil bioindicators.
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[Smitha Sebastian. (2017); FILAMENTOUS ALGAL DIVERSITY IN KOLE WETLAND PADDY FIELDS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jun). 361-366] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
Guest Lecturer in Botany Department of Botany, St. Dominics College, Kanjirappally
