dalina china duckweed presentation

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Lemnaceae,Feed, Fuel, and

Fertilizer


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Tamra FakhoorianUS Algae Supply, Inc.

Sedalia, Kentucky USA

[email protected]

April 28, 2011 IBIO Dalian, China


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` Th e future will be green, or not at all. Th istrut h lies at t h e h eart of h umankind's

most pressing c h allenge: to learn to live inh armony wit h th e Eart h on a genuinely

sustainable basis."

Sir Jonathon Porritt


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As th e mo st r apidly gr owin g f lowe r in gplan t in th e wo r ld th a t h a s th e po t en t ial t o couple wa st ewa t e r r emedia t ion t o

b ioma ss p r oduc t ion glo b ally, duckweed will play an indi spen sa b le r ole in solvin gsome o f th e mo st u rg en t p r o b lem s in ou r s ocie t y in th e comin g decade s.


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W e will discuss

` Brief primer on duckweeds attributes` Current micro/macro applications of

duckweed production and t h e peoplebeh ind t h em.


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Spirodela polyrrhiza and Wolffia globosa

Photo:EricGuintther


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Duckweed Factoids:` Simplest and smallest vascular plant on eart h` 35-44% protein, similar to soybean` One of fastest growing, doubling biomass every 30

h rs, 40 metric tons DW per year (unimprovedstrains)

` Can produce 5-6x amount of starc h of corn peryear, making it a strong candidate for et h anol

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Easily digested and assimilated by animals` Can absorb 8 6% of nitrogen, 65% of ph osph ates intertiary wastewater systems in ten days.


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P aul Skillicorn,Austin, TX

Current project- L

ima, Peru, development of city park with circular duckweed ponds wit h path s as in anature garden. Redundant system featuresautomated h arvesting, residential wastewaterremediation, aquatic worm digestion of solids,

fertigation of local farmlands, solar drying of duckweed for pelletized animal feedstock. Waterused 4x before allowed to evaporate/dissipate. Issh owing a profitable ROI.


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Courtesy Duckweed Aquaculture- P . Skillicorn, W . Spira, W . Journey


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Dr. Lewis Landesman,Vance Haugen

IPED, Guyana

Get growing, keep going

Dr. Leslie Chin,Director of integratedfarming methods


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N ASA-Dr. Jonathan

Trents OMEGASystem- offshoremembrane enclosuresfor growing algae and duckweed?


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Isabelle Cossart-New Orleans, LA


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First International Duckweed Conference

Ch engdu Institute of B iology (CIB ), th eCh inese Academy of Sciences (CA S),Ch engdu, Sich uan Province, C h ina; October5 t

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, 2011

Contact: Mr. Z h ao Hai ( ) Tel: +86- 28-85 229857 , Mobile: +86-13 80 807333 9, Email:

zh aoh [email protected]


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` "Th e nation be h aves well if it treats its natural

resources as assets wh

ich

it must turn over toth e ne x t generation increased, and notimpaired in value."

T heodore Roosevelt


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T h ank you!

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