Unlocking a tiny plant’s big potential for research and biotechnology

Fluorescent images under ultra-violet (UV) light: These images show three types of Spirodela (duckweed) plants: wild-type, regenerated, and transgenic plants containing a Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) gene. In red: chlorophyll autofluorescence; in green: GFP fluorescence. ©Barragán-Borrero

Duckweed grows fast and is easy to cultivate, but until now has been difficult to modify genetically. A new, reproducible transformation toolkit for these plants opens the door to the wider use of duckweed in basic research and biotechnology. Read more about the study, published in New Phytologist here: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/detail/news/unlocking-a-tiny-plants-big-potential-for-research-and-biotechnology