Tiruchi ecologist explores potential of water hyacinth
The Hindu
A 25-year-old ecologist from Tiruchi has shown that water hyacinth, the invasive weed choking rivers and tanks across South Asia, can produce more paper with less water and chemical use than wood pulp
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