Some of the first efforts were in 1987, when the species Kappaphycus alvarezii, native to the Philippines, was acquired by the Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI), a ...

Fifteen tonnes of Kappaphycus alvarezii seedling was distributed to rural women at an event organised at CSIR- CSMCRI-Marine Algal Research Station, Mandapam, recently. Red seaweed Kappaphycus ...

Kappaphycus alvarezii, they point out, is listed as an invasive species by the IUCN, and its cultivation could endanger India’s precious coral reefs, especially in the Gulf of Mannar region.

The commercial significance of Kappaphycus lies in its role in the production of an industrially lucrative polymer called Carrageenan. Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary to the government in ...

By the time dawn breaks over the Gulf of Mannar, the women of Ramananthapuram district in Tamil Nadu would have already ...

RAMANATHAPURAM . The invasive Kappaphycus alvarezii seaweed, which smothers and kills coral reefs, has spread its wings to coral reef areas in Valai island in the Gulf of Mannar (GoM) and set to ...