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Agriculture

Characterization of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms) biomass in Lake Tana, Ethiopia

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Pages 1126-1140 | Received 06 Mar 2022, Accepted 28 Jul 2022, Published online: 17 Oct 2022

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