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Table 1 List of duckweeds used as food and feed resources

From: Duckweeds: their utilization, metabolites and cultivation

Usages

Species

References

Food

 Amino acid supplement

W. globosa

[29]

 Iron source

W. globosa

[41]

 Protein powder

Lemna spp.

[37]

 Tradition food

W. arrhiza and W. globosa

[9, 29, 36]

 Vitamin B12 supplement

W. globosa

[29]

Feed

 Cattle

Lemna spp., Spirodela spp., and Wolffia spp.

[48]

 Chicken

Landoltia punctata and L. gibba

[7, 15, 26, 51]

 Fish

L. gibba, L. minor, L. perpusilla, and S. polyrrhiza

[27, 46, 47, 52]

 Sheep

Landoltia punctata

[49]

 Recycled feed supplement

L. minuta

[45]

 Waterfowl

L. minor

[50]

  1. L. Lemna, S. Spirodela, W. Wolffia