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Positive effects of duckweed polycultures on starch and protein accumulation

Author(s) -

Yang Li,

Fantao Zhang,

Maurycy Daroch,

Jie Tang

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

bioscience reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938

H-Index - 77

eISSN - 1573-4935

pISSN - 0144-8463

DOI - 10.1042/bsr20160158

Subject(s) - polyculture , monoculture , starch , biomass (ecology) , biology , lemna minor , agronomy , aquatic plant , botany , food science , ecology , fishery , aquaculture , fish <actinopterygii> , macrophyte

The effect of duckweed species composition (Lemna aequinoctialis 5505, Landoltia punctata 5506 and Spirodela polyrhiza 5507) in polyculture and monoculture on biomass and starch/protein content were investigated at different levels of temperature, light intensity, nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations. The three growth parameters significantly affect duckweed biomass accumulation. Different combinations of duckweed species greatly varied in starch/protein content. Although all the polycultures showed a median relative growth rate and the majority of the polycultures showed a median and starch/protein content as compared with their respective monocultures, some of the polycultures were found to promote the accumulation of starch/protein at different growth conditions. These findings indicated that proper combination of duckweed species could facilitate desirable biomass accumulation and improve biomass quality. The present study provides useful references for future large-scale duckweed cultivation.

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