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Table 4 List of duckweeds used in biofuels and bioplastics applications

From: Duckweeds: their utilization, metabolites and cultivation

Usages

Species

References

Biobutanol

Landoltia punctata

[103]

Biodegradable plastics for various industrial products

Lemna sp.

[115]

Bioethanol

L. aequinoctialis, L. minor, and S. polyrrhiza

[104,105,106]

Biofuels

L. gibba, S. polyrrhiza, and W. australiana

[109]

Biogas

L. minor

[108]

Biomass production as a bioregenerative system for space exploration

L. aequinoctialis, L. gibba, and W. globosa

[111, 112]

Photosynthetic producer in space exploration

W. arrhiza

[113]

Plant fuel cell

L. minuta

[110]

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