title: Duckweed in bloom: the 2nd International Conference on Duckweed Research and Applications heralds the return of a plant model for plant biology.
abstract: More than 50 participants from around the world congregated at Rutgers University for 4 days to discuss the latest advances in duckweed research and applications. Among other developments in the field, exciting new information related to duckweed including genome sequencing, improved genetic transformation, and the identification of a novel plant growth promoting substance from bacteria were reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA, Lam@aesop.rutgers.edu.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: Klaus J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Appenroth
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Michael
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Tamra
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fakhoorian
mesh_terms: D029064:Araceae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D044822:Biodiversity; D018533:Biomass; D023281:Genomics; D064307:Microbiota; D008954:Models, Biological; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000494:pharmacology; D012106:Research; D014170:Transformation, Genetic; D062065:Wastewater; D018508:Water Purification
chemical_list: D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D062065:Wastewater