3.6 Duckweed Stock Collections
Around the Globe
There are several stock collections in the world
that house defined duckweed species or clones
within the limits of their resources:
– Rutgers Duckweed Stock Cooperative, Rutgers State University, New Jersey, USA—
Prof. Dr. Eric Lam.
– Matthias Schleiden Institute—Plant Physiology, University of Jena, Jena, Germany—Dr.
Klaus-J. Appenroth. It also houses a herbarium of all the 36 species of duckweeds.
– Landolt Duckweed Collection Zurich, Zurich,
Switzerland—Walter Lämmler.
– Chinese Academy of Science, Chengdu Institute
of Biology, Chengdu, China—Prof. Hai Zhao.
– Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hainan Bioenergy Centre, CATAS,
Haikou, Hainan, China—Prof. Dr. Jiaming
Zhang—Especially numerous clones from
Hainan and China.
– Chinese Academy of Science, Qingdao
Institute of Bioenergy & Bioprocess Technology, Qingdao, China—Dr. Yubin Ma—
Especially numerous clones from China.
– Dr. K. Sowjanya Sree’s Lab, Department of
Environmental Science, Central University of
Kerala, Periye, India—Presently having a
wide collection of clones of different duckweed
species collected from India. It also houses a
herbarium of all the 36 species of duckweeds.
Fig. 3.3 A view of the duckweed stock collection at the Matthias Schleiden Institute at Friedrich Schiller University of
Jena
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K. S. Sree and K.-J. Appenroth
Around the Globe
There are several stock collections in the world
that house defined duckweed species or clones
within the limits of their resources:
– Rutgers Duckweed Stock Cooperative, Rutgers State University, New Jersey, USA—
Prof. Dr. Eric Lam.
– Matthias Schleiden Institute—Plant Physiology, University of Jena, Jena, Germany—Dr.
Klaus-J. Appenroth. It also houses a herbarium of all the 36 species of duckweeds.
– Landolt Duckweed Collection Zurich, Zurich,
Switzerland—Walter Lämmler.
– Chinese Academy of Science, Chengdu Institute
of Biology, Chengdu, China—Prof. Hai Zhao.
– Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hainan Bioenergy Centre, CATAS,
Haikou, Hainan, China—Prof. Dr. Jiaming
Zhang—Especially numerous clones from
Hainan and China.
– Chinese Academy of Science, Qingdao
Institute of Bioenergy & Bioprocess Technology, Qingdao, China—Dr. Yubin Ma—
Especially numerous clones from China.
– Dr. K. Sowjanya Sree’s Lab, Department of
Environmental Science, Central University of
Kerala, Periye, India—Presently having a
wide collection of clones of different duckweed
species collected from India. It also houses a
herbarium of all the 36 species of duckweeds.
Fig. 3.3 A view of the duckweed stock collection at the Matthias Schleiden Institute at Friedrich Schiller University of
Jena
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K. S. Sree and K.-J. Appenroth