Influence of Rice-Aquatic Animal Integrated Farming on Rice Productivity and the Adaptive Measures

Dear Colleagues,

Rice–aquatic animal integrated farming is a system of rice cultivation and aquatic animal culture combination in the same paddy field based on its wetland resource, thereby acquiring products of both rice and aquatic animals with favorable economic benefits. This farming system has been expanded widely across the world. In recent years, increasingly amounts of animals have been adopted by farmers to culture in paddy field, such as fish, crab, crayfish, soft-shelled turtle, finless eel, and loach. Some scientific problems exist, while much potential remains. It is important to expound the influence of rice–aquatic animal integrated farming on rice productivity and paddy field environment and explore adaptive practices, which could contribute to the healthy development of this integrated farming system.

For this Special Issue, we welcome submissions detailing the scientific outcomes of research works on the influence of a rice–aquatic animal integrated farming system on rice productivity and the environment of the paddy field; studies which focus on adaptive production measures to achieve desirable rice and aquatic animal yield and quality and adaptive culture measures under a rice–aquatic animal integrated farming system are also welcome.

Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. The effects of rice–aquatic animal integrated farming on rice yield, grain quality, and lodging resistance;
2. Response of resource utilization efficiency, soil and water quality, and greenhouse gas emissions of paddy field to rice–aquatic animal integrated farming;
3. Adaptive practices for harmonious rice and aquatic animal production under rice–aquatic animal integrated farming;
4. Rice cultivation measures to achieve balanced rice yield, quality, and efficiency under rice–aquatic animal integrated farming. 

Prof. Dr. Hui Gao
Dr. Zhi Dou
Dr. Qiang Xu
Guest Editors

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