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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2025

Duckweed: a starch-hyperaccumulating plant under cultivation with a combination of nutrient limitation and elevated CO

Ling Guo, Yang Fang, Songhu Wang, Yao Xiao, Yanqiang Ding, Yanling Jin, Xueping Tian, Anping Du, Zhihua Liao, Kaize He and 14 more

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Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. The Role of Phenolic Profile of Salt-Stressed Duckweed (Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  3. Trophic Diversity in Duckweed: Mixotrophy, More Than the Sum of its Extremes.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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24 authors.

Ling Guo *CAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.
Yang Fang *CAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.
Songhu WangCAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.
Yao XiaoAnalytical and Testing Center, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, China.
Yanqiang DingCAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.
Yanling JinCAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.
Xueping TianCAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.
Anping DuCAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.
Zhihua LiaoKey Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), SWU-TAAHC Medicinal Plant Joint R&D Centre, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Kaize HeCAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.
Shuang ChenCAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.
Yonggui ZhaoSchool of Ecology and Environmental Sciences & Yunnan Key Laboratory for Plateau Mountain Ecology and Restoration of Degraded Environments, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.
Li TanCAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.
Zhuolin YiCAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.
Yuqing CheCAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.
Lanchai ChenCAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.
Jinmeng LiCAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.
Leyi ZhaoDepartment of Biology, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, United States.
Peng ZhangNational Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Zhengbiao GuSchool of Food Science & Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Fangyuan ZhangKey Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), SWU-TAAHC Medicinal Plant Joint R&D Centre, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Yan HongSchool of Food Science & Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Qing ZhangCollege of Food and Bioengineering, Xihua University, Chengdu, China.
Hai ZhaoCAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: The increasing global demand for starch has created an urgent need to identify more efficient and sustainable production methods. However, traditional starch sources, such as crop-based options, experience significant bottlenecks due to limitations in land use, water consumption, and the impacts of climate change. Therefore, there is a pressing need to explore and develop new sources of starch. Methods: We develop a novel duckweed cultivation technology that combines nutrients limitation and CO Results and discussion: Although Conclusion: This work demonstrates the potential of duckweed as a highly efficient starch producer.

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artificial cultivationduckweedhigh-efficiency starch producer“source” to “sink”weak “flow”

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