They started with an existing type of duckweed known as Lemna japonica, ... Duckweed, dry weight, has 30-45 per cent protein, containing all nine essential and six conditional amino acids.

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.

Duckweed, a tiny freshwater floating plant, ... Although duckweed has adapted to an aquatic habitat, it has all the same types of genes and pathways as in well studied crop plants.