Scientists have released new and more accurate genome sequences for five species of duckweed. Their research reveals the specific genes responsible for some of the plant's most useful traits, allowing ...

Under the right conditions, duckweed essentially farms itself. Wastewater, ponds, puddles, swamps—you name it. If there's ...

Duckweed might be the world’s most underestimated plant. Thriving in water and rich in potential, this fast-growing aquatic ...

The object of his study has been the duckweed ‘holobiont,’ the symbiotic organism made up by the plant and its microbiome. Just as humans have a microbiome, a vital colony of bacteria in the ...