With tiny leaf-like fronds, and the smallest flower and fruit in the plant world, duckweed may sound like delicate botanic specimen. However, this bright green denizen of ponds across Asia teams ...

Under the right conditions, duckweed essentially farms itself. Wastewater, ponds, puddles, swamps—you name it. If there's enough sunlight and carbon dioxide, the aquatic plant can grow freely.

The food and fuel that farms itself Date: April 1, 2025 Source: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Summary: Scientists have released new and more accurate genome sequences for five species of duckweed ...

Spirodela polyrhiza, the most ancient member of the duckweed family, uses an understudied epigenetic mechanism to mark old ...

Establish a holobiont resource research center to study combination of duckweed and coexisting microorganisms Contribute to the construction of a sustainable society by utilizing plants in the ...