TY - JOUR
AU1 - Kamal, I. A.
AU2 - Little, E. C. S.
AB - PANS Vol. 16 No. 3, September 1970 I. A. KAMAL' and E. C. S. LlTTLEt The Potential Utilization of Water Hyacinth for Horticulture in the Sudan *c/o American University of Beirut, Republic of Lebanon. tUNDF/FAO Range Management Project, P.O. Box 30362, Nairobi, Kenya. Introduction In 1968 the World Food Program (WFP) was planning a project to help the authorities in the Sudan extract water hyacinth (fichhornia crassipes) from the Nile by hand as a supplement to other methods of control. It was considered that if large quantities of the weed were to be brought on to the river bank, uncontaminated by herbicide, an opportunity might be provided to utilize the material in various ways. One important possibility would be for horticulture, i.e. to use the plant as a mulch for crops or as a fertilizer in the form of compost. The authors were part of a Mission sent to the Sudan by WFP to investigate the various possibilities of utilization. They held the roles of Horticulture Adviser and Chief of Mission respectively. The trials described were laid down in January-February 1968 and were followed up by the senior author, I. A. Kamal, later in the year. A map of 
TI - The Potential Utilization of Water Hyacinth for Horticulture in the Sudan
JF - PANS Pest Articles & News Summaries
DO - 10.1080/09670877009413401
DA - 1970-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/the-potential-utilization-of-water-hyacinth-for-horticulture-in-the-b330EdRDhh
SP - 488
EP - 496
VL - 16
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -