Duckweed: Research Meets Applications

• Other Authors: Oláh, Viktor (Editor), Appenroth, Klaus-Jürgen (Editor), Sree, K. Sowjanya (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Botany & plant sciences; Lemnaceae; remediation; feed safety; mineral supplements; accumulation; agricultural wastewater; nutrient recovery; biosynthesis inhibitor; duckweed; occurrence; overcome; phytohormones; wastewater; density; surface cover; circular economy; lemna; amino acids; biomass production; cultivation; nutrient medium; uptake; water lentils; yield; Wolffia sp.; space plant biology; astrobiology; bioregenerative life support system (BLSS); biomass; aquatic plants; Araceae; duckweeds; Lemnoideae; molecular phylogenetics; taxonomy; chlorophyll fluorescence imaging; PAM fluorometry; duckweed test; Spirodela polyrhiza; phytotoxicity; hormesis; interspecific hybrids; tubulin-based polymorphism; β-tubulin; nitrogen assimilation; nitrate reductase; nitrite reductase; glutamine synthetase; GOGAT; gene expression; chlorophyll fluorescence; electron transport chain; inflammation; lutein; photosystem; photosynthetic capacity; relative growth rate; duckweed-associated bacteria; Microbacterium; Azospirillum; auxin; AXR1; Arabidopsis; amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP); biodiversity; intraspecific diversity; Lemna minor; population analysis; Wolffiella hyalina; red/blue ratio; standardized production; light quality; light quantity; controlled environment; sustainable fish feed; alternative proteins; on-growing phase; barcoding; chloroplast DNA; molecular evolution; aquaponics; steroid 17β-estradiol; Scenedesmus quadricauda; Lemna minor; fish wastewater; population growth; biomolecule synthesis; machine learning; image analysis; machine training; Lemna; phytoremediation; chromosome number; evolution; genome size; karyotype; microbiome; 16S rRNA; metagenome; stress; adhesion; aquatic; biomonitoring; microplastics; microbeads; anaerobic digestate; biomass generation; genotyping; intraspecific variation; aquaculture effluents; IMTA; RAS; phytoplankton; bacteria; Lemnacea; alternative protein; water recovery; continuous systems; giant duckweed; Lymnaea stagnalis; great pond snail; microbiota; adaptation; herbivory; tolerance; resistance; fatty acids; DNA barcoding; diversity; biogeography; nitrogen content; protein concentration; migration; heavy metal; metallothionein; metal accumulation; ionomics; ICP-OES; micro-XRF; poly(styrene-co-methylmethacrylate); free-floating plant; freshwater; microplastic adsorption; phytotoxic effect; chronic impact; manganese toxicity; ammonium transporter; transcription factors; Spirodela; water pollutants; nitrogen; phosphorus; heavy metals; agrochemicals wastewater remediation; plant-microbe interactions; plant-bacteria associations; bacterial colonization; RISA; Azospirillum brasilense Sp7; Azospirillum brasilense Sp245; strain-specific primers; bead-beating; starch accumulation; AtPSP1 overexpression; sulfur deficiency; Lemna turionifera 5511; whole genome sequencing; abiotic stress management; biotic stress management; abiotic stress; biotic stress; turion; Lemna gibba; polyploidisation; spontaneous mutation; n/a
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Duckweed (Lemnaceae) represents a small aquatic monocot plant family presently composed of 36 species. These plants gained importance in recent decades for their applications in wastewater purification, as animal food or human nutrition, as well as for energy production. This Reprint presents 39 manuscripts published in the Special Issue "Duckweed: Research meets applications" of the journal Plants. We provide an overview of the present state of the art of duckweed research in taxonomy of the family, phytoremediation, accumulation of protein or starch, interaction with microorganisms, and phytomonitoring of toxic compounds. This Special Issue also invited the participants of the 6th International Conference on Duckweed Research and Applications (ICDRAs) held in Gatersleben, Germany, organised on behalf of the International Steering Committee on Duckweed Research and Applications (ISCDRAs). This Reprint is organised as follows:1. Introduction; 2. Molecular Characterization and Taxonomy; 3. Phytoremediation: Wastewater; 4. Applications: Accumulation of Protein or Starch; 5. Interaction with Microorganisms; 6. Physiology and Phytomonitoring.The manuscripts were organised by the Guest Editors Viktor Oláh (University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary), Klaus-J. Appenroth (Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany), and K. Sowjanya Sree (Central University Kerala, Periye, India).