Return of the Lemnaceae: duckweed as a model plant system in the genomics and postgenomics era

K Acosta, KJ Appenroth, L Borisjuk, M Edelman… - The Plant …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The aquatic Lemnaceae family, commonly called duckweed, comprises some of the smallest
and fastest growing angiosperms known on Earth. Their tiny size, rapid growth by clonal …

Multifaceted roles of duckweed in aquatic phytoremediation and bioproducts synthesis

Y Liu, H Xu, C Yu, G Zhou - Gcb Bioenergy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Duckweed (Lemnaceae) is a fast‐growing aquatic vascular plant. It has drawn an increasing
attention worldwide due to its application in value‐added nutritional products and in sewage …

PdeERF114 recruits PdeWRKY75 to regulate callus formation in poplar by modulating the accumulation of H2O2 and the relaxation of cell walls

Y Zhang, G Cai, K Zhang, H Sun, L Huang… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Callus formation is important for numerous biological processes in plants. Previously, we
revealed that the PdeWRKY75–PdeRBOHB module positively regulates hydrogen peroxide …

Characterization of defense responses against bacterial pathogens in duckweeds lacking EDS1

EL Baggs, MB Tiersma, BW Abramson… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Summary ENHANCED DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY 1 (EDS1) mediates the induction of
defense responses against pathogens in most angiosperms. However, it has recently been …

[HTML][HTML] The evolution of the duckweed ionome mirrors losses in structural complexity

KE Smith, M Zhou, P Flis, DH Jones, A Bishopp… - Annals of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims The duckweeds (Lemnaceae) consist of 36 species
exhibiting impressive phenotypic variation, including the progressive evolutionary loss of a …

[HTML][HTML] Role of Nramp transporter genes of Spirodela polyrhiza in cadmium accumulation

Y Chen, G Li, J Yang, X Zhao, Z Sun, H Hou - … and Environmental Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
As a pollutant, Cd causes severe impact to the environment and damages living organisms.
It can be uptaken from the environment by the natural resistance-associated macrophage …

[HTML][HTML] The importance of Rhizobium, Agrobacterium, Bradyrhizobium, Herbaspirillum, Sinorhizobium in sustainable agricultural production

MH Shahrajabian, SUN Wenli… - Notulae Botanicae Horti …, 2021 - notulaebotanicae.ro
Rhizobia which are soil bacteria capable of symbiosis with legume plants in the root or stem
nodules and perform nitrogen fixation. Rhizobial genera include Agrobacterium …

Efficient genetic transformation and CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated genome editing in Lemna aequinoctialis

Y Liu, Y Wang, S Xu, X Tang, J Zhao… - Plant biotechnology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The fast growth, ease of metabolic labelling and potential for feedstock and biofuels
production make duckweeds not only an attractive model system for understanding plant …

Biomonitoring of heavy metals and their phytoremediation by duckweeds: Advances and prospects

J Yang, X Zhao, X Wang, M Xia, S Ba, BL Lim… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metals (HMs) contamination of water bodies severely threatens human and
ecosystem health. There is growing interest in the use of duckweeds for HMs biomonitoring …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid and highly efficient genetic transformation and application of interleukin-17B expressed in duckweed as mucosal vaccine adjuvant

X Tan, S Chen, Y Fang, P Liu, Z Hu, Y Jin, Z Yi, K He… - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Molecular farming utilizes plants as a platform for producing recombinant
biopharmaceuticals. Duckweed, the smallest and fastest growing aquatic plant, is a …