Duckweed: Research Meets Applications

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; Botany and plant sciences; Research and information: general; 16S rRNA; abiotic stress; abiotic stress management; accumulation; adaptation; adhesion; agricultural wastewater; agrochemicals wastewater remediation; alternative protein; alternative proteins; amino acids; ammonium transporter; amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP); anaerobic digestate; aquaculture effluents; aquaponics; aquatic; aquatic plants; Arabidopsis; Araceae; astrobiology; AtPSP1 overexpression; auxin; AXR1; Azospirillum; Azospirillum brasilense Sp245; Azospirillum brasilense Sp7; bacteria; bacterial colonization; barcoding; bead-beating; biodiversity; biogeography; biomass; biomass generation; biomass production; biomolecule synthesis; biomonitoring; bioregenerative life support system (BLSS); biosynthesis inhibitor; biotic stress; biotic stress management; chlorophyll fluorescence; chlorophyll fluorescence imaging; chloroplast DNA; chromosome number; chronic impact; circular economy; continuous systems; controlled environment; cultivation; density; diversity; DNA barcoding; duckweed; duckweed test; duckweed-associated bacteria; duckweeds; electron transport chain; evolution; fatty acids; feed safety; fish wastewater; free-floating plant; freshwater; gene expression; genome size; genotyping; giant duckweed; glutamine synthetase; GOGAT; great pond snail; heavy metal; heavy metals; herbivory; hormesis; ICP-OES; image analysis; IMTA; inflammation; interspecific hybrids; intraspecific diversity; intraspecific variation; ionomics; karyotype; lemna; Lemna; Lemna gibba; Lemna minor; Lemna minor; Lemna turionifera 5511; Lemnacea; Lemnaceae; Lemnoideae; light quality; light quantity; lutein; Lymnaea stagnalis; machine learning; machine training; manganese toxicity; metagenome; metal accumulation; metallothionein; micro-XRF; Microbacterium; microbeads; microbiome; microbiota; microplastic adsorption; microplastics; migration; mineral supplements; molecular evolution; molecular phylogenetics; n/a; nitrate reductase; nitrite reductase; nitrogen; nitrogen assimilation; nitrogen content; nutrient medium; nutrient recovery; occurrence; on-growing phase; overcome; PAM fluorometry; phosphorus; photosynthetic capacity; photosystem; phytohormones; phytoplankton; phytoremediation; phytotoxic effect; phytotoxicity; plant-bacteria associations; plant-microbe interactions; poly(styrene-co-methylmethacrylate); polyploidisation; population analysis; population growth; protein concentration; RAS; red/blue ratio; relative growth rate; remediation; resistance; RISA; Scenedesmus quadricauda; space plant biology; Spirodela; Spirodela polyrhiza; spontaneous mutation; standardized production; starch accumulation; steroid 17β-estradiol; strain-specific primers; stress; sulfur deficiency; surface cover; sustainable fish feed; taxonomy; tolerance; transcription factors; tubulin-based polymorphism; turion; uptake; wastewater; water lentils; water pollutants; water recovery; whole genome sequencing; Wolffia sp.; Wolffiella hyalina; yield; β-tubulin
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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).