Duckweed: Research Meets Applications 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Duckweeds or water lentils are the smallest angiosperms belonging to the family Lemnaceae. Besides their basic role in aquatic ecosystems, they offer a suitable model for ecologists, physiologists, geneticists, molecular biologists, and researchers of many other fields. Moreover, from a practical point of view, they can help in coping with various aspects of the current humanitarian and environmental crisis, serve as indicators for environmental monitoring (biomonitoring), help in removing water pollutants (phytoremediation), and provide valuable biomass for easing worldwide protein shortages or the hunger for renewable energy.

The recent bloom of duckweed-related research reflects this versatility and conveys an ever-deepening knowledge on these tiny creatures, sometimes making it difficult, even for experts in the field, to keep up with the pace. We edited a Special Issue “Duckweed: Research Meets Applications” with the aim of providing a comprehensive update of the current progress in duckweed research and applications. This Special Issue has been very well received by the duckweed community and, in total, 39 papers were published in MDPI’s Plants journal and comprehensively published in an e-book (ISBN978-3-0365-9068-4). We hope that this overview is of interest to all those involved in basic research or potential applications of duckweeds, and will also attract researchers from various other fields.

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/plants/special_issues/duckweed

We now seek to launch a second volume of the Special Issue “Duckweed: Research meets Applications II”, especially (but not exclusively) for participants of the 7^th International Conference on Duckweed Research and Applications, in Bangkok, Thailand, from 12 to 15 November 2024 (https://www.7icdra2024.com/). Contributions in the form of both original research papers and reviews from a broad scope of disciplines related to duckweed research and applications (e.g., morphology, taxonomy, and ecology), including ecological interactions, ecotoxicology, environmental monitoring and remediation, physiology, biochemistry, genetics, omics, biotechnology, as well as biomass production and its uses, are welcome. We also encourage reports on large-scale cultivation and applications.

Dr. Viktor Oláh
Dr. Klaus-Jürgen Appenroth
Dr. Sowjanya Sree Kandregula
Guest Editors

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• duckweed Lemnaceae
• physiology genetics
• omics phylogenetics ecology
• ecotoxicology
• remediation biomass