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 …

The environmental sustainability of insects as food and feed. A review

A Van Huis, DGAB Oonincx - Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2017 - Springer
With a growing world population, increasingly demanding consumers, and a limited amount
of agricultural land, there is an urgent need to find alternatives to conventional meat …

Application of common duckweed (Lemna minor) in phytoremediation of chemicals in the environment: State and future perspective

AO Ekperusi, FD Sikoki, EO Nwachukwu - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Over the past 50 years, different strategies have been developed for the remediation of
polluted air, land and water. Driven by public opinion and regulatory bottlenecks, ecological …

Shifting states, shifting services: Linking regime shifts to changes in ecosystem services of shallow lakes

ABG Janssen, S Hilt, S Kosten, JJM de Klein… - Freshwater …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Shallow lakes can shift between stable states as a result of anthropogenic or natural drivers.
Four common stable states differ in dominant groups of primary producers: submerged …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted formulation of plant-based protein-foods: Supporting the food system's transformation in the context of human health, environmental sustainability …

A Hoehnel, E Zannini, EK Arendt - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Background: With food production being a key contributor to nitrogen and phosphorus cycle
disruption, biodiversity loss and climate change, the lacking sustainability of our food …

Duckweed (Lemnaceae) for potentially nutritious human food: A review

J Xu, Y Shen, Y Zheng, G Smith, XS Sun… - Food Reviews …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
With continuous global population growth, the challenges of expanding demand for
sufficient and nutritious foods need to be addressed by exploring new and supplemental …

Nutritional Value of the Duckweed Species of the Genus Wolffia (Lemnaceae) as Human Food

KJ Appenroth, KS Sree, M Bog, J Ecker… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Species of the genus Wolffia are traditionally used as human food in some of the Asian
countries. Therefore, all 11 species of this genus, identified by molecular barcoding, were …

Duckweeds: their utilization, metabolites and cultivation

GY Baek, M Saeed, HK Choi - Applied Biological Chemistry, 2021 - Springer
Duckweeds are floating plants of the family Lemnaceae, comprising 5 genera and 36
species. They typically live in ponds or lakes and are found worldwide, except the polar …

Using agro-industrial wastes for the cultivation of microalgae and duckweeds: Contamination risks and biomass safety concerns

G Markou, L Wang, J Ye, A Unc - Biotechnology advances, 2018 - Elsevier
Aquatic organisms, such as microalgae (Chlorella, Arthrospira (Spirulina), Tetrasselmis,
Dunalliela etc.) and duckweed (Lemna spp., Wolffia spp. etc.) are a potential source for the …

[HTML][HTML] Duckweed bioreactors: Challenges and opportunities for large-scale indoor cultivation of Lemnaceae

NE Coughlan, É Walsh, P Bolger, G Burnell… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lemnaceae, ie, duckweed species, have gained considerable attention as a sustainable
source of high-quality nutrition, biofuel, and pharmaceuticals, as well as effective organisms …