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The use of tubificids for weeding and aquaculture in paddy fields in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Yasushi Kurihara  and
Eisuke Kikuchi
Yasushi Kurihara
Affiliation:
Biological Institute, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980, Japan
Eisuke Kikuchi
Affiliation:
Biological Institute, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980, Japan
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Abstract

Tubificid worms that live in the paddy mud increase in numbers when an organic fertilizer is applied. They mix the soil by passing it through their gut as well as by their burrowing and respiratory movements, thereby checking the sprouting of paddy weeds. Tubificids inhabiting the pond's mud also serve as fish food. It is suggested that such a pond might be appropriate for aquaculture.

This study considers a method to control paddy field ecosystems based on the above to produce rice and freshwater fish, with organic fertilizers but without the use of herbicides and insecticides.

Keywords

agricultural chemicalsaquacultureJapanpaddy fieldtubificids
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , November 1988 , pp. 393 - 401
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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