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Aquaculture production of duckweed for biomass and human consumption
Aquaculture production of duckweed for consumption by animals and humans


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July 2008 article on Treehugger:[http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/07/duckweed-genome.php]
July 2008 article on Treehugger:[http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/07/duckweed-genome.php]


This is the most comprehensive resource/manual on growing duckweed [http://www.p2pays.org/ref/09/08875.htm]
Most comprehensive manual on duckweed aquaculture [http://www.p2pays.org/ref/09/08875.htm]


Older patent with many details on duckweed [http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5269819.html]
Older patent with many details on duckweed for human consumption [http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5269819.html]


"Researchers Find Fuel in Odd Places" [http://www.ncsu.edu/research/results/vol8n2/09.html]
"Researchers Find Fuel in Odd Places" [http://www.ncsu.edu/research/results/vol8n2/09.html]

Revision as of 04:11, 9 January 2009

Introduction

Aquaculture production of duckweed for consumption by animals and humans

[introduction to follow]


Pictures

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Links

July 2008 article on Treehugger:[1]

Most comprehensive manual on duckweed aquaculture [2]

Older patent with many details on duckweed for human consumption [3]

"Researchers Find Fuel in Odd Places" [4]

Biolex - a company that uses duckweed to make monoclonal antibodies [5]


Etc...

(note: OSA stands for Open Source Agroecology - or those techniques sufficient for producing local food systems.)