With tiny leaf-like fronds, and the smallest flower and fruit in the plant world, duckweed may sound like delicate botanic specimen. However, this bright green denizen of ponds across Asia teams ...

According to UCC professor, Marcel Jansen, duckweed has significant untapped economic and environmental potential for the ...

Geneticists have cracked the code for one of nature’s fastest-growing plants: Spirodela polyrhiza, or duckweed. And the pay-off could come with higher deliveries of biofuel at lower cost to cropland ...

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.

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.

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. But ...

Australian researchers are conducting tests to find if an aquatic plant abundant on Earth will grow in space. Researchers from the Plants for Space program sent a sample of duckweed into space ...