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 …

Duckweed protein: Extraction, modification, and potential application

NS Sulaiman, HM Zaini, WRW Ishak, P Matanjun… - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Discovering alternative protein sources that are both nutritious and environmentally friendly
is essential to meet the growing global population's needs. Duckweed offers promise due to …

Optimization of water lentil (duckweed) leaf protein purification: Identification, structure, and foaming properties

T Muller, MÈ Bernier, L Bazinet - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
Water lentil, commonly known as duckweed, is an aquatic plant with great agronomic
potential, as it can double its biomass in less than 24 h and contains up to 45% leaf proteins …

Chromosome-scale genome assembly for the duckweed Spirodela intermedia, integrating cytogenetic maps, PacBio and Oxford Nanopore libraries

PTN Hoang, A Fiebig, P Novák, J Macas, HX Cao… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Duckweeds are small, free-floating, morphologically highly reduced organisms belonging to
the monocot order Alismatales. They display the most rapid growth among flowering plants …

Overview of pesticide use in Moroccan apple orchards and its effects on the environment

O Farahy, M Laghfiri, M Bourioug, L Aleya - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The cultivation of apple trees needs to use phytosanitary products, which are used in an
irrational way by certain farmers. The harmful effects of pesticides result mainly from their …

[HTML][HTML] Physical and chemical effects of conventional microplastic glitter versus alternative glitter particles on a freshwater plant (Lemnaceae: Lemna minor)

B Boots, DS Green, B Olah-Kovacs, F De Falco… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Glitters are primary microplastics which are directly littered into the environment, yet the
ecological effects have seldom been tested. When microplastics enter the environment, their …

Flowering and seed production across the Lemnaceae

P Fourounjian, J Slovin, J Messing - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plants in the family Lemnaceae are aquatic monocots and the smallest, simplest, and fastest
growing angiosperms. Their small size, the smallest family member is 0.5 mm and the …

Duckweed application in nature-based system for water phytoremediation and high-value coproducts at family agrisystem from a circular economy perspective

BS Heitzman, GW Bueno, TR Camargo… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Duckweeds are widely recognized for their efficiency in the phytoremediation of agricultural
and industrial effluents. This study had two main objectives: 1) Implement a Nature-based …

Biodiversity of duckweed (Lemnaceae) in water reservoirs of Ukraine and China assessed by chloroplast DNA barcoding

G Chen, A Stepanenko, O Lakhneko, Y Zhou… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Monitoring and characterizing species biodiversity is essential for germplasm preservation,
academic studies, and various practical applications. Duckweeds represent a group of tiny …

Differential morpho-physiological and biochemical responses of duckweed clones from saudi arabia to salinity

M Al-Dakhil, W Ben Romdhane, S Alghamdi, AAM Ali - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Salinity affects the morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics of several
plant species. The current study was conducted to investigate differential salt tolerance …