funded by Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund for Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences under grant number 1630052020022;the International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of China under Grant number 2010DFA62040.
Duckweed are a family of fast-growing aquatic plants,in which wild plants of many species have been tested in animal feed.We domesticated a duckweed variety,Spirodela polyrhiza DW2602,which had 44.5%protein and 2.6% l...
the University of Zurich,Switzerland(UZH Forschungskredit);according to the CRediT taxonomy of contributor roles,Owen Petchey contributed in the"Funding Acquisition".
The pollution of freshwater ecosystems is threatening freshwater plant species diversity worldwide.Freshwater plants,such as the common duckweed(Lemna minor),are potentially sensitive to novel stressful environments.T...
This work was funded by Medical Science and Technology Project of Health Commission of Sichuan Province(No.21PJ091);the Special Project of Science and Technology Research of Sichuan Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine(2020JC0135);the Applied Basic Research Project of Southwest Medical University(2021ZKQN083);the Doctoral Research Initiation Fund of the Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University;The Basic Research Project of Sichuan Province(No.2019YJ0690);The Major Science and Technology Projects in Sichuan Province(No.2019YFS0531);the University-level Scientific Research Project of Southwest Medical University(2020ZRQNB029);and Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi,China(2020GXNSFAA259021).
As a potential cost-effective feedstock for highly efficient fermentation of glycerol and its downstream product 1,3-propanediol(1,3-PD),duckweed starch was characterized and used for glycerol fermentation,for the fir...
Heavy metal,even necessary element(e.g.iron)may pose risks to human being and environment.This laboratory study investigated the potential of duckweed Lemna minor to uptake iron from solutions.The levels of iron in du...
Duckweed is a group of aquatic plants with the potential of wastewater remediation and fast accumulation of biomass. The accumulated biomass, rich in cellulose, starch and protein, can be used for biofuel, bio-fertili...
supported by the National Key Technology Research and Development Program of China;the National Natural Science Foundation of China;Shandong provincial government;the Taishan Scholar Program of Shandong
Rising temperatures and rain have led to multiple occurrences of duckweed outbreaks in recent years,when duckweed is considered as a promising source of energy thanks to its high starch content and rapid growth rate.S...
supported by the Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest of China(No.201203050);the National Science Foundation of China(No.41171233);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,China(No.BK20131044)
The swine effluent studied was collected from scale pig farms,located in Yujiang County of Jiangxi Province,China,and duckweed(Spriodela polyrrhiza) was selected to dispose the effluent.The purpose of this study was...
With the world economic development, population growth and improvement of people' s living standard, the energy shortage has become the core issue of restricting the development of the world economy. China faces seri...
The growth of duckweed (Spirodela polyrrhiza) was investigated in an outdoor batch system under 15 different conductivities ranging from 200 μS/cm to 3000 μS/cm with average 110 μmol/m2 daylight intensity. The grow...
The family of Lemnaceae,commonly called duckweed,comprise five genera and 37 species of aquaticmonocotyledonous plants that are endemic to lakes,ponds and brackish water bodies on most continents. They are angiosperms...