Researcher sees pork producers using the system on farm to potentially de-risk their manure management system, provide an ...

Duckweed is the fastest-growing flowering plant, but new knowledge of duckweed genetics discovered by Adelaide University researchers could lead to even faster growing rates. The research team, led by ...

A tiny aquatic plant can clean up animal waste at industrial farms and be part of the answer for the global energy crisis. New research shows that growing duckweed on wastewater can produce five to ...

Climate change is threatening the world's food supply and the risk of supply disruptions is expected to grow as temperatures rise, according to a new United Nations report co-authored by Rutgers human ...

What’s the big idea? Current industrialized food systems were optimized for a single goal – growing the maximum amount of food for the least amount of money. But when room and supplies are limited – ...

Duckweed, a tiny freshwater floating plant, is an excellent laboratory model for scientists to discover new strategies for growing hardier and more sustainable crops in an age of climate change and ...

Find a reference to duckweed dated earlier than last year, and you're likely to be seeing complaints about the tiny aquatic plant. Like invasive water hyacinth and other floating plant species, ...