Duckweed in bloom: the 2nd International Conference on Duckweed Research and Applications heralds the return of a plant model for plant biology

Eric Lam; Klaus J Appenroth; Todd Michael; Kazuhiro Mori; Tamra Fakhoorian

doi:10.1007/s11103-013-0162-9

Duckweed in bloom: the 2nd International Conference on Duckweed Research and Applications heralds the return of a plant model for plant biology

Plant Mol Biol. 2014 Apr;84(6):737-42. doi: 10.1007/s11103-013-0162-9. Epub 2014 Jan 8.

Authors

Eric Lam¹, Klaus J Appenroth, Todd Michael, Kazuhiro Mori, Tamra Fakhoorian

Affiliation

¹ Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA, Lam@aesop.rutgers.edu.

PMID: 24398764
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-013-0162-9

Abstract

More than 50 participants from around the world congregated at Rutgers University for 4 days to discuss the latest advances in duckweed research and applications. Among other developments in the field, exciting new information related to duckweed including genome sequencing, improved genetic transformation, and the identification of a novel plant growth promoting substance from bacteria were reported.

Publication types

Congress
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Araceae* / drug effects
Araceae* / genetics
Araceae* / growth & development
Araceae* / physiology
Bacteria / metabolism
Biodegradation, Environmental
Biodiversity
Biomass
Genomics
Microbiota
Models, Biological*
Plant Growth Regulators / pharmacology
Research
Transformation, Genetic
Wastewater
Water Purification

Substances

Plant Growth Regulators
Waste Water