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Worldwide Genetic Resources of Duckweed: Stock Collections

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The Duckweed Genomes

Part of the book series: Compendium of Plant Genomes ((CPG))

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Duckweeds are aquatic monocotyledonous plants that include the smallest and the fastest growing angiosperms known till date. The family Lemnaceae presently includes 36 accepted species of duckweeds categorized into five genera. Although having the capacity to flower, these unique aquatic plants usually propagate by vegetative means producing clones. It has already been known through various reports that duckweed plants although belonging to the same species collected from different geographical locations have variations not only in their genetic properties but also in their physiological properties, which is important for many of the practical applications of this plant family. Hence, collection and maintenance of different clones of the same species from different locations are important. The international duckweed clonal collections from around the world help the duckweed community by maintaining the clones, characterizing their species identity and providing the required genetic resources to the users for research and application purposes.

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  1. Department of Environmental Science, Central University of Kerala, Periye, 671316, India

    K. S. Sree

  2. Matthias Schleiden Institute—Plant Physiology, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, 07743, Jena, Germany

    K.-J. Appenroth

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  2. Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA

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  3. School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

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Sree, K.S., Appenroth, KJ. (2020). Worldwide Genetic Resources of Duckweed: Stock Collections. In: Cao, X., Fourounjian, P., Wang, W. (eds) The Duckweed Genomes. Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11045-1_3

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